Reddes dulce loqui: reddes ridere decorum, et Inter vina fugam Cynarae moerere protervae. Forte per anguftam tenuis vulpecula rimam Repferat in cumeram frumenti; paftaque, rurfus Ie foras pleno tendebat corpore fruftra. Cui muftela procul, Si vis, ait, effugere iftinc; Mara cavum repetes arctum, quem macra fubifti. Hac ego fi compellor imagine, cuncta refigno; Nec fomnum plebis laudo fatur altilium, nec Otia divitiis Arabum liberrima muto. Saepe verecundum laudafti: Rexque, Paterque A Weafel once made fhift to flink In at a Corn-loft thro' a Chink; ('Twas not a Man, it was a Mouse) Cramm'd to the Throat with Ortolans: Extremely ready to refign All that may make me none of mine. South-fea Subscriptions take who please, Leave me but Liberty and Ease. NOTES. 55 60 65 VER. 50. As when B linda] A compliment he pays himself and the public on his Rape of the Lock. Audifti coram, nec verbo parcius abfens: Parvum parva decent. mihi jam non regia Roma, Sed vacuum Tibur placet, aut imbelle Tarentum. Strenuus et fortis, caufifque Philippus agendis Clarus, etc. 'Twas what I faid to Craggs and Child, There dy'd my Father, no man's Debtor, Our old Friend Swift will tell his Story. NOTES. 70 75 80 VER. 66. Craggs and Child,] Mr. Craggs gave him fome South fea fubfcriptions. He was fo indifferent about them as to neglect making any benefit of them. He used to fay it was a fatisfaction to him that he did not grow rich (as he might have done) by the public calamity. SATIRA VI. H OC erat in votis: modus agri non ita magnus, Hortus ubi, et tecto vicinus jugis aquae fons, Et paulum filvae fuper his foret. auctius, atque Dî melius fecere. bene eft. nil amplius oro, Maia nate, nifi ut propria haec mihi munera faxis. ᏚᎥ neque majorem feci ratione mala rem, Nec fum facturus vitio culpave minorem : Si veneror ftultus nihil horum, O fi angulus ille Proximus accedat, qui nunc denormat agellum ! O fi urnam argenti fors quae mihi monftret! ut illi, Thefauro invento qui mercenarius agrum Illum ipfum mercatus aravit, dives amico |