Coena defurgat dubia? quin corpus onuftum Seu recreare volet tenuatum corpus 3 ubique Imbecilla volet. 1 Tibi quidnam accedet ad iftam,' *Rancidum aprum antiqui laudabant: non quia nafus Illis nullus erat; fed, credo, hac mente, quod hofpes Tardius adveniens vitiatum commodius, quam NOTES. VER. 80. The Soul fubfides, and wickedly inclines To Jeem but mortal, ev'n in found Divines.] Horace was an Epicurean, and laughed at the immortality of the foul." He therefore describes that languor of the mind proceed ing from intemperance, on the idea, and in the terms of, Plato, affigit buma divinae particulam aurae. To this his ridicule is pointed. Our Poet, with more fo briety and judgment, has turned the ridicule, from the Doctrine, which he believed, upon thofe Preachers of it, whofe feafts and compotations in Taverns did not edify What life in all that ample body, fay? • On morning wings how active springs the Mind That leaves the load of yesterday behind? How easy ev'ry labour it purfues? How coming to the Poet ev'ry Mufe? h Not but we may exceed, fome holy time, Or tir'd in fearch of Truth, or fearch of Rhyme; 80 85 95 * Our fathers prais❜d rank Ven'fon. You suppose Perhaps, young men! our fathers had no nose. Not fo: a Buck was then a week's repast, And 'twas their point, I ween, to make it laft; More pleas'd to keep it till their friends fhould come Than eat the sweetest by themselves at home. NOTES. 100 him and fo has added furprizing humour and fpirit to the eafy elegance of the Original. VER. 82. On morning wings etc.] Much happier and nobler than the Original. VER. 87. Ortir'd in fearch of Truth, or fearch of Rhyme.] A fine ridicule on the extravagance of human puriuits; where the moft trifling and most important concerns of life fucceed one another, indifferently. Integrum edax dominus confumeret. hos utinam inter Heroas natum tellus me prima tuliffet. n m Das aliquid famae, quae carmine gratior aurem Occupet humanam? grandes rhombi, patinaeque Grande ferunt una cum damno dedecus. adde • Iratum patruum, vicinos, te tibi iniquum, Et fruftra mortis cupidum, cum deerit egenti • As, laquei pretium. 9 Jure, inquit, Traufius iftis Jurgatur verbis: ego vectigalia magna, Divitiafque habeo tribus amplas regibus. Ergo, Quod fuperat, non eft melius quo infumere poffis? S Templa ruunt antiqua Deûm? cur, improbe, carae Non aliquid patriae tanto emetiris acervo ? Uni nimirum tibi recte femper erunt res? NOTES. VER. 128. As M**o's was, etc.] I think this light ftroke of fatire ill placed; and hurts the dignity of the 1 Why had not I in thofe good times my birth, (For 'faith, Lord Fanny! you are in the wrong, n 105 Who has not learn'd, " fresh fturgeon and ham-pye Are no rewards for want, and infamy! When Luxury has lick'd up all thy pelf, Curs'd be thy neighbours, thy trustees, thyself, And buy a rope, that future times may tell Thou haft at least bestow'd one penny well. 110 115 Right, cries his Lordfhip, for a rogue in need To have a Tafte is infolence indeed: "In me 'tis noble, fuits my birth and state, "My wealth unwieldy, and my heap too great." Then, like the Sun, let Bounty spread her ray, 121 And shine that fuperfluity away. Oh Impudence of wealth! with all thy ftore, As M**o's was, but not at five per cent. NOTES. preceding morality. Horace was very ferious, and pro perly fo, when he faid, O magnus pofthac inimicis rifus! uterne "Ad cafus dubios fidet fibi certius? hic, qui Pluribus affuerit mentem corpufque fuperbum; An qui contentus parvo metuenfque futuri, In pace, ut fapiens, aptarit idonea bello? V Quo magis his credas: puer hunc ego parvus Ofellum Integris opibus novi non latius ufum, W Quam nunc accifis. Videas, metato in agello, Cum pecore et gnatis, fortem mercede colonum, Non ego, narrantem, temere edi luce profefta Quidquam, praeter olus fumofae cum pede pernae. y Ac mihi feu longum poft tempus venerat hofpes, Sive operum vacuo gratus conviva per imbrem Ꮓ Sed pullo atque hoeda: tum penfilis uva fecundas NOTES. cur, Improbe! carae Non aliquid patriae tanto emetiris acervo, He remembered, and hints with juft indignation, at those luxurious Patricians of his old party; who, when they had agreed to establish a fund in the cause of Freedom, under the conduct of Brutus, could never be perfuaded to withdraw from their expenfive pleasures what was fufficient for the fupport of fo great a caufe. He had prepared his |