Thus good or bad, to one extreme betray

Th' unbalanc'd mind, and fnatch the man away; 35
For to Virtue's felf may too much zeal be had;
The worft of Madmen is a Saint run mad.

11 Go then, and if you can, admire the state Of beaming diamonds, and reflected plate; Proctire a Tafte to double the furprize,

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And gaze on 12 Parian Charms with learned eyes:
Be ftruck with bright 13 Brocade, or Tyrian Dye,
Our Birth-day Nobles fplendid Livery.
If not fo pleas'd, at 14 Council-board rejoice,
To fee their Judgments hang upon thy Voice;
From 15 morn to night, at Senate, Rolls, and Hall,
Plead much, read more, dine late, or not at all.

But wherefore all this labour, all this ftrife?

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For 16 Fame, for Riches, for a noble Wife?
Shall 17 One whom Nature, Learning, Birth, confpir'd
To form, not to admire but be admir'd,

Sigh, while his Chloë blind to Wit and Worth
Weds the rich Dulnefs of fome Son of earth?

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Defixis oculis, animoque & corpore torpet? 10 Infani fapiens nomen ferat, æquus iniqui, Ultra quam fatis eft, virtutem fi petat ipfam. 11 I nunc, argentum & marmor 12 vetus, æraque Sufpice; cum gemmis 13 Tyrios mirare colores: [artes Gaude, quod fpectant oculi të mille loquentem : Gnavus 15 mane forum, & vefpertinus pete te&um: 16 Ne plus frumenti dotalibus emetat agris Mucius. Indignum, quod fit pejoribus ortus! 17 Hic tibi fi potius, quam tu, mirabilis illi ?

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Yet 18 Time ennobles, or degrades each Line;
It brighten'd CR AGGS's, and may darken thine:
And what is Fame? the Meanest have their day,
The Greatest can but blaze, and país away.
Grac'd as thou art, 19 with all the Pow'r of Words,
So known, fo honour'd, at the House of Lords;
Confpicuous Scene! another yet is nigh,
(More filent far) where Kings and Poets lie;
Where MURRAY (long enough his Country's pride)
Shall be no more than TULLY, or than HYDE!
21 Rack'd with Sciatics, martyr'd with the Stone,
Will any mortal let himself alone?

See Ward by batter'd Beaus invited over,
And defp'rate Mifery lays hold on Dover.
The cafe is easier in the Mind's disease ;

There, all Men may be cur'd, whene'er they please.
Would ye be 22 bleft? defpife low Joys, low Gains;
Difdain whatever COR NBURY difdains;

Be virtuous, and be happy for your pains.

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18 Quicquid fub terra eft, in apricum proferet Etas, Defodiet, condetque nitentia. 19 Quum bene notum Porticus Agrippa, & via te confpexerit Appi, Ire tamen reftat Numa 20 quo devenit & Ancus. 21 Si latus, aut renes morbo tententur acuto, Quare fugam morbi

-22 Vis recte vivere ? quis non ? Si virtus hoc una poteft dare, fortis omiffis

Hoc

age deliciis

23 But art thou one, whom new opinions fway, One, who believes as Tindal leads the way, Who Virtue and a Church alike difowns,

Thinks that but words, and this but brick and ftones? Fly 24 then, on all the wings of wild defire, Admire whate'er the maddeft can admire :

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Is Wealth thy paffion? Hence! from Pole to Pole, Where winds can carry, or where waves can roll, 70 For Indian fpices, for Peruvian Gold,

Prevent the greedy, and out-bid the bold :

25 Advance thy golden Mountain to the skies; On the broad bafe of fifty thousand rife,

Add one round hundred, and (if that's not fair) 75
Add fifty more, and bring it to a square.

For, mark th' advantage; juft fo many score,
Will gain a 26 Wife with half as many more,

Procure her beauty, make that beauty chafte,
And then fuch

Friends27

as cannot fail to laft. 80

A 28 Man of Wealth, is dubb'd a Man of worth,
Venus fhall give him Form, and Anftis Birth.

23 Virtutem verba putas, ut

Lucum ligna? 24 cave ne portus occupet alter,
Ne Cybiratica, ne Bithyna negotia perdas.
25 Mille talenta rotundentur, totidem altera: porro
Tertia fuccedant, & quæ pars quadret acervum.
Scilicet 26 Uxorem cum dote, fidemque & 27 Amicos.
Et genus & formam regina 28 Pecunia donat:
Ac bene nummatum decorat Suadola, Venufque.

(Believe

(Believe me, many a 29 German Prince is worse, Who proud of Pedigree, is poor of Purse)

His Wealth brave 30 Timon gloriously confounds; 85
Afk'd for a groat, he gives a hundred pounds;
Or if three Ladies like a luckless Play,
Takes the whole House upon the Poet's day.
31 Now, in fuch exigencies, not to need,
Upon my word, you must be rich indeed
A noble fuperfluity it craves,

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Not for your felf, but for your Fools and Knaves ;
Something, which for your Honour they may cheat,
And which it much becomes you to forget.
32 If Wealth alone then make and keep us blest,
Still, ftill be getting, never, never rest.

33 But if to Pow'r and Place your paffion lie, If in the Pomp of Life confift the joy ;

Mancipiis locuples, eget æris 29 Cappadocum rex;
Ne fueris bic tu

-30 Chlamydes Lucullus (ut aiunt)

Si poffet centum Scena præbere rogatus,

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Qui poffum tot? ait: tamen & quæram, & quot habeba
Mittam. Poft paulo fcribit, fibi millia quinque
Effe domi chlamydum: partem, vel tolleret omnes.
31 Exilis domus eft, ubi non & multa fuperfunt,
Et dominum fallunt, & profunt furibus. 32 Ergo,
Si res fola poteft facere & fervare beatum,
Hoc primus repetas opus hoc poftremus omittas.
33 Si Fortunatum fpecies & gratia præftat,

Then 34 hire a Slave, (or if you will, a Lord) 100
To do the Honours, and to give the Word;
Tell at your Levee, as the Crouds approach,
To whom 35 to nod, whom take into your Coach,
Whom honour with your hand: to make remarks,
Who 36 rules in Cornwall, or who rules in Berks ;
"This may be troublesome, is near the Chair: 106
"That makes three Members, this can chufe a May'r.”
Inftructed thus, you bow, embrace, protest,
Adopt him 37 Son, or Coufin at the least,
Then turn about, and 38 laugh at your own Jest.
Or if your life be one continu'd Treat,
If 39 to live well means nothing but to eat.;
Up, up! cries Gluttony, 'tis break of day,
Go drive the Deer, and drag the finny-prey;
With hounds and horns go hunt an Appetite
So 40 Ruffel did, but could not eat at night,
Call'd happy Dog! the Beggar at his door,
And envy'd Thirst and Hunger to the Poor.

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34 Mercemur fervum, qui diƐtet nomina, lævum
Qui fodiat latus, & cogat trans pondera dextram
Porrigere, 36 Hic multum in Fabia valet, ille Velina:
Cuilibet hic fafces dabet, eripietque curule
Cui volet importunus ebur. 37 Frater, pater, adde:
Ut cuique eft atas, ita quemque 38 facetus adopta.

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Si, 39 bene qui coenat, bene vivit; " lucet, eamus Quo ducit gula: pifcemur, venemur;” ut 40 olim Gargilius, qui mane plagas, venabula, fervos, Differtum tranfire forum populumque jubebat, Unus ut e multis populo fpectante referret Emptum mulus aprum

Or