Materies gaudet vi Inertia. V Ervecum in patria, quà latè Hibernica squalent Arva inarata, palus horrenda voragine crebrâ Ante oculos jacet; haud illic impune viator Per tenebras iter inftituat; tremit undique tellus Sub pedibus malefida, vapores undique denfos Sudat humus, nebulifque amicitur triftibus herba. 5 Huc fato infelix fi quando agiteris iniquo, Et tutò in medium liceat penetrare, videbis Attonitus, nigrâ de nube emergere templum, Templum ingens, immane, altum penetrale Stuporis. 10 Plumbea ftat turris, plumbum finuatur in arcus, Et folido limofa tument fundamina plumbo. Hanc, pia Materies, Divo ædem extruxit inerti, Stultitiæ impulfu---quid enim? Lethargica semper Sponte THE TEMPLE of DULNESS. Tranflated by the fame Hand. 'N Ireland's wild, uncultivated plains, I Where torpid floth, and foggy dulness reigns, And with black clouds the tender turf is crown'd. Here fhou'd'ft thou rove, by Fate's fevere command,. And safely reach the center of the land; Thine eyes shall view, with horror and furprize, Emerging from the fable cloud arise. 5 } ΙΙ A leaden tow'r upheaves its heavy head, 15 Vaft leaden arches prefs the flimy bed, The foft foil fwells beneath the load of lead. Old Matter here erected this abode, At Folly's impulfe, to the Slothful God. X 2 And |