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See! cherries here, ere cherries yet abound, With thread fo white in tempting pofies ty'd, Scatt'ring like blooming maid their glances round, With pamper'd look draw little eyes afide; And must be bought though penury betide. The plumb all azure and the nut all brown, And here each season, do thofe cakes abide, Whofe honour'd names th' inventive city own, Rend'ring thro' Britain's ifle Salopia's praises known, b XXXV.

Admir'd Salopia! that with venial pride Eyes her bright form in Severn's ambient wave, Fam'd for her loyal cares in perils tried, Her daughters lovely, and her ftriplings brave; Ah! 'midft the reft, may flowers adorn his grave, Whofe art did first thefe dulcet cates difplay! A motive fair to Learning's imps he gave, Who cheerlefs o'er her darkling region ftray; 'Till reafon's morn arife, and light them on their way.

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ART of POLITICK S,

In Imitation of

HORACE's ART of POETRY.

By the Reverend Mr. BRAMSTON.

F to an human face fir James fhou'd draw

IF

A horfe's mane, and feathers of maccaw,
A lady's bofom, and a tail of cod,

Who could help laughing at a fight fo odd?
Juft fuch a monster, Sirs, pray think before ye,
When you behold one man both Whig and Tory.
Not more extravagant are drunkards dreams,
Than Low-church politicks with High-church schemes.

• Humano capiti cervicem pictor equinam
Jungere fi velit, & varias inducere plumas,
Undique collatis membris; ut turpiter atrum
Definat in pifcem mulier formofa fuperne:
Spectatum admiffi, rifum teneatis, amici?
Credite, Pifones, ifti tabule fore librum
Perfimilem, cujus, velut ægri fomnia, vana
Fingentur fpecies.-Pictoribus atque Poetis

Painters,

Painters, you'll fay, may their own fancies use, And free-born Britons may their party chufe: That's true, I own: but can one piece be drawn For dove and dragon, elephant and fawn?

b Speakers profefs'd, who gravity pretend,
With motly fentiments their speeches blend;
Begin like patriots, and like courtiers end.
Some love to roar, the conftitution's broke,
And others on the nation's debts to joke;
Some rail, (they hate a commonwealth fo much,)
Whate'er the subject be, against the Dutch;
While others, with more fashionable fury,
Begin with turnpikes, and conclude with Fleury.
Some, when th' affair was Blenheim's glorious battle,
Declaim'd against importing Irish cattle:

But you, from whate'er fide you take your name,
Like Anna's motto, always be the fame.

Quidlibet audendi femper fuit æqua poteftas;
Scimus, & hanc veniam petimufque damufque viciffim;
Sed non ut placidis coëant immitia, non ut
Serpentes avibus geminentur, tigribus àgni.
b Incaptis gravibus plerumque & magna profeffis
Purpureus, late qui fplendeat, unus & alter
Affuitur pannus; cum lucus, & ara Diana,
Aut properantis aquæ per amanos ambitus agros,
Aut flumen Rhenum, aut pluribus defcribitur arcus.
Sed nunc non erat his locus: & fortaffe cupreffum
Scis fimulare; quid hoc, fi fractus enatat exfpes
Navibus, are dato qui pingitur? amphora cæpit
Inftitui; currente rota cur urceus exit?

Denique fit quidvis, fimplex duntaxat & unum. VOL. I.

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Outfides

c Outfides deceive, 'tis hard the truth to know,
Parties from quaint denominations flow,
As Scotch and Irifh antiquaries fhow.
The low are faid to take Fanaticks parts,
The high are bloody Papists in their hearts.
Caution and fear to highest faults have run;
In pleafing both the parties, you please none."
Who in the houfe affects declaiming airs,
Whales in Change-alley paints: in Fish-street bears.
Some metaphors, fome handkerchiefs display,
These peep in hats, while those with buttons play,
And make me think it Repetition day;
There knights haranguing hug a neighb'ring post,
And are but quorum orators at most.

Sooner than thus my want of fense expose,

I'll deck out bandy-legs with gold-clock'd hofe,
Or wear a toupet-wig without a nose.

Decipimus fpecie rei; brevis effe laboro,
Obfcurus fio; fectantem lenia nervi,
Deficiunt animique: profeffus grandia, turget.
Qui variare cupit rem prodigaliter unam,
Delphinum fylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.
In vitium ducit culpa fuga, fi caret arte.
Emilium circa ludum faber imus & ungues
Exprimet, & molles imitabitur ære capillos;
Infelix operis fumma, quia ponere totum
Nefciet; hunc ego me, fi quid componere curem,
Non magis effe velim, quam pravo vivere nafo
Spectandum nigris oculis nigroque capillo.

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Nay,

Nay, I would fooner have thy phyz, I swear,
Surintendant des plaifirs d'Angleterre. *

d Ye weekly writers of feditious news,
Take care your fubjects artfully to chufe,
Write panegyrick ftrong, or boldly rail,
You cannot miss preferment, or a goal.
Wrap up your poison well, nor fear to say
What was a lye last night is truth to-day.
Tell this, fink that, arrive at Ridpath's praise,
Let Abel Roper your ambition raise.
To lye fit opportunity observe,

Saving fome double meaning in reserve;
But oh! you'll merit everlasting fame,

If you can quibble on Sir Robert's name.

*All Mr. Heydegger's letters come directed to him from abroad, A Monfieur, Monfieur Heydegger, furintendant des plaifirs d'Angleterre.

a Sumite materiam veftris, qui fcribitis æquam
Viribus; & verfate diu, quid ferre recufent,
Quid valeant humeri : cui leta potenter erit res,
Nec facundia deferet hunc, nec lucidus ordo.
Ordinis hæc virtus erit & Venus, aut ego fallor,
Ut jam nunc dicat, jam nunc debentia dici,
Pleraque differat, & præfens in tempus omittat.
Dixeris egregie, notum fi callida verbum
Reddiderit junctura novum ; fi forte neceffe eft
Indiciis monftrare recentibus abdita rerum
Fingere cinetutis non exaudita Cethegis
Continget, dabiturque licentia fumpta pudenter.
Et nova fitaque nuper habebunt verba fidem, fi
Græco fonte cadant.

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