In ftate-affairs ufe not the vulgar phrase,
Talk words fcarce known in good queen Beffe's days,
New terms let war or traffick introduce,

And try to bring perfuading-fhips in ufe.
Coin words in coining ne'er mind common fenfe,
Provided the original be French.

e Like South-sea stock, expreffions rife and fall:
King Edward's words are now no words at all.
Did aught our predeceffors genius cramp?
Sure every reign may have its proper ftamp.
All fublunary things of death partake;
What alteration does a cent'ry make?
Kings and comedians are all mortal found,'
Cæfar and Pinkethman are underground.

What's not deftroy'd by Time's devouring hand?
Where's Troy, and where's the may-pole in the Strand ?

-Licuit, femperque licebit

Signatum præfente nota producere nomen.
Ut fylva foliis pronos mutantur in annos :
Prima cadunt, ita verborum vetus interit ætas.
Debemur morti nos noftraque; five receptus
Terra Neptunus, claffes aquilonibus arcet,
Regis opus fterilifve diu palus aptaque remis
Vicinas urbes alit, & grave fentit aratrum;
Seu curfum mutavit iniquum frugibus amnis,
Doctus iter melius: mortalia facta peribunt,
Nedum fermonum ftet honos, & gratia vivax?
Multa renafcentar quæ jam cecidere, cadentque
Que nunc funt in honore vocabula, fi volet ufus,
Quem penes arbitrium eft & jus & norma loquendi.
Peafe,

3

Pease, cabbages, and turnips once grew, where
Now ftands New Bond-ftreet, and a newer fquares
Such piles of buildings now rise up and down,
London itself feems going out of town.

Our fathers crofs'd from Fulham in a wherry,
Their fons enjoy a bridge at Putney-ferry.
Think we that modern words eternal are ?
Toupet, and Tompion, Cofins, and Colmar
Hereafter will be call'd, by fome plain man,
A wig, a watch, a pair of stays, a fan.

To things themselves if time fuch change affords,
Can there be any trufting to our words?

f To fcreen good minifters from publick rage,
And how with party madness to engage,
We learn from Addifon's immortal page.
The Jacobite's ridiculous opinion

Is feen from Tickell's letter to Avignon.
But who puts Caleb's Country-Craftsman out,
Is ftill a fecret, and the world's in doubt.

8 Not long fince parish clerks, with faucy airs, Apply'd king David's pfalms to ftate affairs.

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f Res geftæ regumque ducumque, & triftia bella
Quo fcribi poffent numero, monftravit Homerus.
Verfibus impariter junctis querimonia primum,
Poft etiam inclufa eft voti fententia compos.
Quis tamen exiguos elegos emiferit auctor,
Grammatici certant, & adhuc fub judice lis eft.
Mufa dedit fidibus Divos puerofque Deorum,
Et pugilem victorem, & equum certamine primum,
Et juvenum curas, & libera vina referre.

Some certain tunes to politicks belong,

On both fides drunkards love a party-fong.

h

If full across the Speaker's chair I go,

Can I be faid the rules o' th' Houfe to know?
I'll afk, nor give offence without intent,
Nor through 'mere fheepifhnefs be impudent.
In Acts of Parliament avoid sublime,
Nor e'er addrefs his Majefty in rhyme;
An Act of Parliament's a serious thing,
Begins with year of Lord and year of King;
Keeps clofe to form, in every word is ftrict,
When it would pains and penalties inflict.
Soft words fuit beft petitioner's intent;
Soft words, O ye petitioners of Kent!

K Whoe'er harangues before he gives his vote, Should fend fweet language from a tuneful throat.

h

Defcriptas fervare vices operumque colores

Cur ego fi nequeo ignoroque, poeta falutor?

Cur nefcire, pudens prave, quam difcere malo? i Verfibus exponi tragicis res comica non vult: Indignatur item privatis, ac prope focco Dignis carminibus narrari cana Thyefta. Interdum tamen & vocem Comedia tollit, Iratufque Chremes tumido dilitigat ore. Telephus & Peleus, cum pauper & exful uterque Projicit ampullas & fefquipedalia verba. k Non fatis eft pulchra effe Poemata, dulcia funta. Ut ridentibus arrident, ita flentibus adfunt Humani vultus: fi vis me flere, dolendum eft Primum ipfe tibi: nunc tua me infortunia lædent. Telepe, vel Peleu, male fi mandata loquêris, Aut dormitabo, aut ridebo.

Pultney

Paltney the coldest breast with zeal can fire,
And Roman thoughts by Attick ftile infpire;
He knows from tedious wranglings to beguile
The serious house into a cheerful smile;

When the great patriot paints his anxious fears.
For England's fafety, I am loft in tears.
But when dull speakers ftrive to move compaffion,
I pity their poor hearers, not the nation :
Unless young members to the purpose keep,
I fall a laughing, or I fall asleep.

1 Can men their inward faculties controul?
Is not the tongue an index to the foul?
Laugh not in time of service to your God,
Nor bully, when in cuftody o' th' rod;
Look grave, and be from jokes and grinning far,
When brought to fue for pardon at the bar:
If then you let your ill-tim'd wit appear,
Knights, citizens, and burgeffes will fneer,

m For land, or trade, not the fame notions fire The city-merchant, and the country-'fquire;

1

Format enim natura prius nos intus ad omnem
Fortunarum habitum, &c.

Poft effert animi motus interprete linguâ.
triftia maftum

Vultum verba decent, &c.

Si dicentis erunt fortunis abfona dicta
Romani tollent equites peditefque cachinnum.
m Intererit multum Davufne loquatur, an Heros :
Mercatorne vagus, cultorne virentis agelli ;
Colchus, an Affyrius; Thebis nutritus, an Argis.

Their climes are diftant, tho' one cause unites
The lairds of Scotland, and the Cornish knights.
"To likelihood your character confine;
Don't turn Sir Paul out, let Sir Paul refign.
In Walpole's voice (if factions ill intend)
Give the two univerfities a friend;

Give Maidstone wit, and elegance refin'd ;
To both the Pelhams give the Scipio's mind;
To Cart'ret learning, eloquence, and parts ;
To George the fecond, give all English hearts.
• Sometimes fresh names in politicks produce,
And factions yet unheard of introduce;
And if you dare attempt a thing fo new,
Make to itself the flying fquadron true.

To speak is free, no member is debarr'd ;
But funds and national accounts are hard :

* Aut famam fequere, aut fibi convenientia finge.
Scriptor honoratum fi forte reponis Achillem,
Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer,
Jura neget fibi nata, nihil non arroget armis ;
Sit Medea ferox invictaque, flebilis Ino,
Perfidus Ixion, Io vaga, triftis Oreftes.
• Si quid inexpertum fcena committis, & audes
Perfonam formare novam, fervetur ad imum
Qualis ad incepto procefferit, & fibi conftet.
Difficile eft proprie communia dicere: tuque
Rectius Iliacum carmen deducis in actus,
Quam fi proferres ignota indictaque primus.
Publica materies privati juris erit, fi
Nec circa vilem patulumque moraberis orbem.
Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus

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