With defp'rate courage he receives her wounds,
And men, and boats, his active tail confounds.
Their forces join'd the feas with billows fill,
And make a tempeft, tho' the winds be ftill.
Now would the men with half their hoped prey
Be well content; and with this cub away:
Their wish they have; he (to direct his dam
Unto the gap thro' which they thither came,)
Before her fwims, and quits the hostile lake;
A pris'ner there, but for his mother's fake.
She, by the rocks compell'd to stay behind,
Is by the vastnefs of her bulk confin'd.
They fhout for joy! and now on her alone
Their fury falls, and all their darts are thrown.
Their lances fpent, one, bolder than the rest,
With his broad sword provok'd the sluggish beast :
Her oily fide devours both blade and heft:
And there his steel the bold BERMUDAN left.
Courage the reft from his example take,
And now they change the color of the lake:
Blood flows in rivers from her wounded fide,
As if they would prevent the tardy tide,
And raise the flood to that propitious height,
As might convey her from this fatal ftreight:
She fwims in blood, and blood does fpouting throw
To heav'n, that heav'n mens cruelties might know.
Their fixed javelins in her fide she wears,
And on her back a grove of pikes appears :
You would have thought, had you the monster seen
Thus dreft, fhe had another island been.
Roaring the tears the air with fuch a noife,
As well refembled the confpiring voice
Of routed armies, when the field is won;
To reach the ears of her escaped fon.
He, tho' a league removed from the foe,
Haftes to her aid: the pious TROJAN fo,
Neglecting for CREUSA's life his own,
Repeats the danger of the burning town.
The men amazed blush to see the feed
Of monsters, human piety exceed.
Well proves this kindness what the GRECIAN fung,
That LovE's bright mother from the ocean fprung.
Their courage droops, and hopeless now they with
For compofition with th' unconquer'd fish :
So the their weapons would restore, again
Thro' rocks they'd hew her paffage to the Main.
But, how inftructed in each other's mind,
Or what commerce can men with monfters find?
Not daring to approach their wounded foe,
Whom her couragious fon protected fo;
They charge their mufquets, and with hot defire
Of fell revenge, renew the fight with fire:
Standing aloof, with lead they bruise the scales,
And tear the flesh, of the incenfed whales.
But no fuccefs their fierce endeavours found,
Nor this way could they give one fatal wound.
Now to their Fort they are about to fend,
For the loud engines which their ifle defend:
But what thofe Pieces, fram'd to batter walls,
Would have effected on thofe mighty whales,
Great NEPTUNE will not have us know; who fends
A tide so high, that it relieves his friends.
And thus they parted with exchange of harms;
Much blood the monfters loft, and they their arms.
SON
I dare not fing what you indite; .
Her eyes refufe
To read the paffion which they write :
She ftrikes my lute, but, if it found,
Threatens to hurl it on the ground:
And I no lefs her anger dread,
Than the poor wretch that feigns him dead,
While fome fierce lion does embrace
His breathlefs corpfe, and like his face:
Wrap'd up in filent fear he lies,
Torn all in pieces, if he cries,
NGER, in hasty words, or blows,
Itself discharges on our foes:
And forrow too finds fome relief
In tears, which wait upon our grief:
So, ev'ry paffion, but fond love,
Unto its own redress does move:
But that alone the wretch inclines
To what prevents his own defigns;
Makes him lament, and figh, and weep,
Disorder'd, tremble, fawn and creep;
Postures which render him defpis'd,
Where he endeavours to be priz'd.
For women, (born to be controul'd,)'
Stoop to the forward, and the bold:
Affect the haughty, and the proud,
The gay, the frolick, and the loud.
Who first the gen'rous fteed oppreft,
Not kneeling did falute the beast;
But with high courage, life, and force,
Approaching, tam'd th' unruly horse.
Unwifely we the wifer east
Pity, fuppofing them oppreft
With tyrants' force, whofe law is will,
By which they govern, fpoil, and kill:
Each nymph, but moderately fair,
Commands with no lefs rigor here.
Should fome brave TURK, that walks among
His twenty laffes, bright and young;
And beckons to the willing dame,
Prefer'd to quench his prefent flame;
Behold as many Gallants here,
With modeft guife, and filent fear,
All to one female idol bend:
While her high pride does scarce descend
To mark their follies; he would fwear
That these her guard of eunuchs were:
And that a more majestic Queen,
Or humble flaves, he had not seen.
All this with indignation spoke,
In vain I ftruggled with the yoke
Of mighty LOVE: that conqu’ring look,
When next beheld, like lightning ftrook
My blafted foul; and made me bow,
Lower than thofe I pity'd now
So the tail ftag, upon the brink
Of fome smooth ftream about to drink,
Surveying there his armed head,
With fhame remembers that he fled
The fcorned dogs; refolves to try
The combat next: but if their cry
Invades again his trembling ear,
He ftrait refumes his wonted care;
Leaves the untafted fpring behind,
And, wing'd with fear, out-flies the wind.
HILLIS! why fhould we delay
Pleasures fhorter than the day?
Could we (which we never can!)
Stretch our lives beyond their span;
Beauty like a fhadow flies,
And our youth before us dies.
Or would youth, and beauty, Ray,
LOVE hath wings, and will away.
LOVE hath fwifter wings than TIME:
Change in love to heav'n does climb;
Gods, that never change their state,
Vary oft their love and hate.
PHYLLIS! to this truth we owe
All the love betwixt us two:
Let not you and I enquire,
What has been our paft defire:
On what shepherd you have fmil'd,
Or what nymphs I have beguil'd :
Το my Lord of FALKLAND.
RAVE HOLLAND leads, and with him FALKLAND
Who hears this told, and does not ftrait fuppofe
We fend the GRACES, and the MUSES, forth,
To civilize, and to instruct, the north?
Not that these arguments make fwords lefs fharp;
APOLLO bears as well his bow as harp :
And tho' he be the pattern of that spring,
Where in calm peace the facred virgins fing;
He courage had to guard th' invaded throne
Of Jove, and caft the ambitious giants down.
Ah, noble friend! with what impatience all
That know thy worth, and know how prodigal
Of thy great foul thou art, (longing to twift
Bays with that ivy, which fo early kiss'd
Thy youthful temples) with what horror we
Think on the blind events of war, and thee?
To fate expofing that all-knowing breast
Among the throng, as cheaply as the reft:
Where oaks, and brambles, (if the copse be burn'd)
Confounded lye, to the fame ashes turn'd.
Some happy wind over the ocean blow
This tempeft yet, which frights our island fo!
Guarded with fhips, and and all the fea our own,
From heav'n this mifchief on our heads is thrown.
In a late dream, the Genius of this land,
Amaz'd, I faw, like the fair HEBREW ftand;
When first she felt the twins begin to jar,
And found her womb the feat of civil war.
Inclin'd to whofe relief, and with prefage
Of better fortune for the present age ;
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