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069:01,000['  ]| <The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem>
069:01,000['  ]| <Typed from California Dryden, ed Swedenberg, ii.62ff: JFB>
069:01,001['  ]| Since Men like$4$ Beasts, each other's Prey were made,
069:01,002['  ]| Since Trade began, and Priesthood grew a Trade,
069:01,003['  ]| Since Realms were formed, none sure so$5#1$ cursed as those
069:01,004['  ]| That$6#1$ madly their own Happiness oppose;
069:01,005['  ]| There Heaven itself, and Godlike Kings, in$4$ vain
069:01,006['  ]| Shower down the Manna of a gentle Reign;
069:01,007['  ]| While pampered Crowds to$4$ mad Sedition run,
069:01,008['  ]| And Monarchs by$4$ Indulgence are undone.
069:01,009['  ]| Thus David's Clemency was fatal grown,
069:01,010['  ]| While wealthy Faction awed the wanting Throne. <10>
069:01,011['  ]| For$3$ now their Sovereign's Orders to$9$ contemn
069:01,012['  ]| Was held the Charter of Jerusalem,
069:01,013['  ]| His Rights to$9$ invade, his Tributes to$9$ refuse,
069:01,014['  ]| A Privilege peculiar to$4$ the Jews;
069:01,015['  ]| As if from Heavenly Call this Licence fell,
069:01,016['  ]| And Jacob's Seed were chosen to$9$ rebel!
069:01,017['  ]| Achitophel with triumph sees his Crimes
069:01,018['  ]| Thus suited to$4$ the madness of the Times;
069:01,019['  ]| And Absalom, to$9$ make his hopes succeed,
069:01,020['  ]| Of Flattering Charms no$2$ longer stands in$4$ need; <20>
069:01,021['  ]| While fond of Change, though never so$5#1$ dearly bought,
069:01,022['  ]| Our Tribes out-strip the Youth's Ambitious Thought;
069:01,023['  ]| His swiftest Hopes with swifter Homage meet,
069:01,024['  ]| And crowd their servile Necks beneath his Feet.
069:01,025['  ]| Thus to$4$ his aid while pressing Tides repair,
069:01,026['  ]| He mounts and spreads his Streamers in$4$ the Air.
069:01,027['  ]| The Charms of Empire might his Youth mis-lead,
069:01,028['  ]| But what can our besotted Israel plead?
069:01,029['  ]| Swayed by$4$ a Monarch whose serene Command,
069:01,030['  ]| Seems half the Blessing of our promised Land: <30>
069:01,031['  ]| Whose only Grievance is excess of Ease,
069:01,032['  ]| Freedom our Pain, and Plenty our Disease!
069:01,033['  ]| Yet, as all Folly would lay claim to$4$ Sense,
069:01,034['  ]| And Wickedness never wanted a Pretence,
069:01,035['  ]| With Arguments they would make their Treason good,
069:01,036['  ]| And righteous David's self with Slanders load:
069:01,037['  ]| That$3$ Arts of foreign Sway he did affect,
069:01,038['  ]| And guilty Jebusites from Law protect,
069:01,039['  ]| Whose very Chiefs, convict, were never freed,
069:01,040['  ]| Nay, we have seen their Sacrificers bleed! <40>
069:01,041['  ]| Accusers' Infamy is urged in$4$ vain,
069:01,042['  ]| While in$4$ the bounds of Sense they did contain,
069:01,043['  ]| But soon they launched into the unfathomed Tide,
069:01,044['  ]| And in$4$ the Depths they knew disdained to$9$ Ride,
069:01,045['  ]| For$3$ probable Discoveries to$9$ dispense,
069:01,046['  ]| Was thought below a pensioned Evidence;
069:01,047['  ]| Mere Truth was dull, nor suited with the port
069:01,048['  ]| Of pampered Corah, when advanced to$4$ Court.
069:01,049['  ]| No$2$ less than Wonders now they will$1$ impose,
069:01,050['  ]| And Projects void of Grace or Sense disclose. <50>
069:01,051['  ]| Such was the Charge on$4$ pious Michal brought,
069:01,052['  ]| Michal that$6#1$ never was cruel even in$4$ thought,
069:01,053['  ]| The best of Queens, and most obedient Wife,
069:01,054['  ]| Impeached of cursed Designs on$4$ David's Life!
069:01,055['  ]| His Life, the Theme of her eternal Prayer,
069:01,056['  ]| It is scarce so$5#1$ much his Guardian Angel's Care.
069:01,057['  ]| Not Summer Morns such Mildness can disclose,
069:01,058['  ]| The Hermon Lily, nor the Sharon Rose.
069:01,059['  ]| Neglecting each vain Pomp of Majesty,
069:01,060['  ]| Transported Michal feeds her thought on$4$ high. <60>
069:01,061['  ]| She lives with Angels, and as Angels do,
069:01,062['  ]| Quits Heaven sometimes to$9$ bless the World below:
069:01,063['  ]| Where cherished by$4$ her Bounty's plenteous Spring,
069:01,064['  ]| Reviving Widows smile, and Orphans sing.
069:01,065['  ]| Oh! when rebellious Israel's Crimes at height,
069:01,066['  ]| Are threatened with her Lord's approaching Fate,
069:01,067['  ]| The Piety of Michal then remain
069:01,068['  ]| In$4$ Heaven's Remembrance, and prolong his Reign.
069:01,069['  ]| Less Desolation did the Pest pursue,
069:01,070['  ]| That$6#1$ from Dan's limits to$4$ Beersheba slew, <70>
069:01,071['  ]| Less fatal the repeated Wars of Tyre,
069:01,072['  ]| And less Jerusalem's avenging Fire.
069:01,073['  ]| With gentler terror these our State overran,
069:01,074['  ]| Than since our Evidencing Days began!
069:01,075['  ]| On$4$ every Cheek a pale Confusion sat,
069:01,076['  ]| Continued Fear beyond the worst of Fate!
069:01,077['  ]| Trust was no$2$ more, Art, Science useless made,
069:01,078['  ]| All occupations lost but Corah's Trade.
069:01,079['  ]| Meanwhile a Guard on$4$ modest Corah wait,
069:01,080['  ]| If not for$4$ Safety needful yet for$4$ State. <80>
069:01,081['  ]| Well might he deem each Peer and Prince his Slave:
069:01,082['  ]| And Lord it over the Tribes which$6#1$ he could save:
069:01,083['  ]| Even Vice in$4$ him was Vertue ~~ what sad Fate
069:01,084['  ]| But for$4$ his Honesty had seized our State?
069:01,085['  ]| And with what Tyranny had we been cursed,
069:01,086['  ]| Had Corah never proved a Villain first?
069:01,087['  ]| To$9$ have told his knowledge of the Intrigue in$4$ gross
069:01,088['  ]| Had been alas to$4$ our Deponent's loss:
069:01,089['  ]| The travelled Levite had the Experience got,
069:01,090['  ]| To$9$ husband well, and make the best of his Plot; <90>
069:01,091['  ]| And therefore like$4$ an Evidence of skill,
069:01,092['  ]| With wise Reserves secured his Pension still;
069:01,093['  ]| Nor quite of future Power himself bereft,
069:01,094['  ]| But Limbo's large for$4$ unbelievers left.
069:01,095['  ]| And now his Writ such Reverence had got,
069:01,096['  ]| It was worse than Plotting to$9$ suspect his Plot.
069:01,097['  ]| Some were so$5#1$ well convinced, they made no$2$ doubt,
069:01,098['  ]| Themselves to$9$ help the foundered Swearers out.
069:01,099['  ]| Some had their Sense imposed on$5$ by$4$ their Fear,
069:01,100['  ]| But more for$4$ Interest sake believe and swear: <100>
069:01,101['  ]| Even to$4$ that$6#2$ height with some the Frenzy grew,
069:01,102['  ]| They raged to$9$ find their danger not prove true.
069:01,103['  ]| Yet, than all these a viler Crew remain,
069:01,104['  ]| Who$6#1$ with Achitophel the Cry maintain;
069:01,105['  ]| Not urged by$4$ Fear, nor through misguided Sense,
069:01,106['  ]| (Blind Zeal, and starving Need had some pretence)
069:01,107['  ]| But for$4$ the Good Old Cause that$6#1$ did excite
069:01,108['  ]| The Original Rebels' Wiles, Revenge and Spite.
069:01,109['  ]| These raise the Plot to$9$ have the Scandal thrown
069:01,110['  ]| Upon$4$ the bright Successor of the Crown, <110>
069:01,111['  ]| Whose Virtue with such wrongs they had pursued,
069:01,112['  ]| As seemed all hope of pardon to$9$ exclude.
069:01,113['  ]| Thus, while on$4$ private Ends their Zeal is built
069:01,114['  ]| The cheated Crowd applaud and share their Guilt.
069:01,115['  ]| Such Practices as These, too gross to$9$ lie
069:01,116['  ]| Long unobserved by$4$ each discerning Eye,
069:01,117['  ]| The more judicious Israelites Unspelled,
069:01,118['  ]| Though still the Charm the giddy Rabble held.
069:01,119['  ]| Even Absalom amidst the dazzling Beams
069:01,120['  ]| Of Empire, and Ambition's flattering Dreams, <120>
069:01,121['  ]| Perceives the Plot (too foul to$9$ be excused)
069:01,122['  ]| To$9$ aid Designs, no$2$ less pernicious, used:
069:01,123['  ]| And (Filial Sense yet striving in$4$ his Breast)
069:01,124['  ]| Thus to$4$ Achitophel his Doubts expressed.
069:01,125[B  ]| Why are my Thoughts upon$4$ a Crown employed,
069:01,126[B  ]| Which$6#1$ once obtained, can be but half Enjoyed?
069:01,127[B  ]| Not so$5#2$ when Virtue did my Arms require,
069:01,128[B  ]| And to$4$ my Father's Wars I flew Entire.
069:01,129[B  ]| My Regal Power how will$1$ my Foes resent,
069:01,130[B  ]| When I myself have scarce my own Consent? <130>
069:01,131[B  ]| Give me a Son's unblemished Truth again,
069:01,132[B  ]| Or quench the Sparks of Duty that$6#1$ remain.
069:01,133[B  ]| How slight to$9$ force a Throne that$6#1$ Legions guard
069:01,134[B  ]| The Task to$4$ me; to$9$ prove Unjust how hard!
069:01,135[B  ]| And if the imagined Guilt thus wound my Thought,
069:01,136[B  ]| What will$1$ it when the tragic Scene is wrought?
069:01,137[B  ]| Dire War must first be conjured from below,
069:01,138[B  ]| The Realm we would Rule we first must Overthrow.
069:01,139[B  ]| And when the Civil Furies are on$4$ wing
069:01,140[B  ]| That$6#1$ blind and undistinguished Slaughters fling, <140>
069:01,141[B  ]| Who$6#2$ knows what impious chance may reach the King?
069:01,142[B  ]| Oh! rather let me perish in$4$ the Strife,
069:01,143[B  ]| Than have my Crown the Price of David's Life!
069:01,144[B  ]| Or if the Tempest of the War he stand,
069:01,145[B  ]| In$4$ Peace, some vile officious Villain's hand
069:01,146[B  ]| His Soul's anointed Temple may invade,
069:01,147[B  ]| Or, pressed by$4$ clamorous Crowds, myself be made
069:01,148[B  ]| His Murtherer; rebellious Crowds, whose Guilt
069:01,149[B  ]| Shall dread his vengeance till his Blood be spilt:
069:01,150[B  ]| Which$6#1$ if my filial Tenderness oppose, <150>
069:01,151[B  ]| Since to$4$ the Empire by$4$ their Arms I rose,
069:01,152[B  ]| Those very Arms on$4$ Me shall be employed,
069:01,153[B  ]| A new Usurper Crowned, and I Destroyed:
069:01,154[B  ]| The same Pretence of Public Good will$1$ hold,
069:01,155[B  ]| And new Achitophels be found, as bold
069:01,156[B  ]| To$9$ urge the needfull Change, perhaps the old.
069:01,157['  ]| He said. The Statesman with a Smile replies,
069:01,158['  ]| (A smile that$6#1$ did his rising Spleen disguise,)
069:01,159[C  ]| My thoughts presumed our labours at an End,
069:01,160[C  ]| And are we still with Conscience to$9$ contend? <160>
069:01,161[C  ]| Whose Want in$4$ Kings, as needful is allowed,
069:01,162[C  ]| As it is for$4$ them to$9$ find it in$4$ the Crowd.
069:01,163[C  ]| Far in$4$ the doubtful Passage you are gone,
069:01,164[C  ]| And only can be Safe by$4$ pressing on$5$.
069:01,165[C  ]| The Crown's true Heir, a Prince severe, and wise,
069:01,166[C  ]| Has viewed your Motions long with Jealous Eyes;
069:01,167[C  ]| Your Person's Charms, your more prevailing Arts,
069:01,168[C  ]| And marked your Progress in$4$ the People's Hearts:
069:01,169[C  ]| Whose Patience is the effect of stinted Power,
069:01,170[C  ]| But treasures Vengeance for$4$ the fatal hour. <170>
069:01,171[C  ]| And if remote the Peril He can bring,
069:01,172[C  ]| Your Present Danger's greater from the King.
069:01,173[C  ]| Let not a Parent's name deceive your Sense,
069:01,174[C  ]| Nor trust the Father in$4$ a Jealous Prince!
069:01,175[C  ]| Your trivial Faults if he could so$5#1$ resent,
069:01,176[C  ]| To$9$ doom you little less than Banishment,
069:01,177[C  ]| What rage must your Presumption Since inspire?
069:01,178[C  ]| Against his Orders your return from Tyre?
069:01,179[C  ]| Nor only so$5#2$, but with a Pomp more high,
069:01,180[C  ]| And open Court of Popularity, <180>
069:01,181[C  ]| The Factious Tribes ~~ 
069:01,181[B  ]| And this Reproof from Thee?
069:01,182['  ]| (The Prince replies) 
069:01,182[B  ]| O Statesman's winding Skill,
069:01,183[B  ]| They first Condemn that$6#1$ first Advised the Ill!
069:01,184[C  ]| Illustrious Youth 
069:01,184['  ]| (returned Achitophel)
069:01,185[C  ]| Misconstrue not the Words that$6#1$ mean you well.
069:01,186[C  ]| The Course you steer I worthy Blame conclude,
069:01,187[C  ]| But it is because you leave it Unpursued.
069:01,188[C  ]| A Monarch's Crown with Fate surrounded lies,
069:01,189[C  ]| Who$6#1$ reach, lay hold on$4$ Death that$6#1$ miss the Prize.
069:01,190[C  ]| Did you for$4$ this expose yourself to$9$ Show, <190>
069:01,191[C  ]| And to$4$ the Crowd bow popularly low?
069:01,192[C  ]| For$4$ this your Glorious Progress next ordain,
069:01,193[C  ]| With Chariots, Horsemen, and a numerous Train,
069:01,194[C  ]| With Fame before you like$4$ the Morning Star,
069:01,195[C  ]| And Shouts of Joy saluting you from afar?
069:01,196[C  ]| Oh from the Heights you have reached but take a View,
069:01,197[C  ]| Scarce leading Lucifer could Fall like$4$ You!
069:01,198[C  ]| And must I here my Ship-wrecked Arts bemoan?
069:01,199[C  ]| Have I for$4$ this so$5#1$ oft made Israel groan?
069:01,200[C  ]| Your single Interest with the Nation weighed, <200>
069:01,201[C  ]| And turned the Scale where your Desires were laid?
069:01,202[C  ]| Even when at Helm a Course so$5#1$ dangerous moved
069:01,203[C  ]| To$9$ Land your Hopes, as my Removal proved?
069:01,204[B  ]| I not dispute 
069:01,204['  ]| (the Royal youth replies)
069:01,205[B  ]| The known Perfection of your Policies,
069:01,206[B  ]| Nor in$4$ Achitophel yet grudge, or blame,
069:01,207[B  ]| The Privilege that$6#1$ Statesmen ever claim;
069:01,208[B  ]| Who$6#1$ private Interest never yet pursued,
069:01,209[B  ]| But still pretended it was for$4$ Others' good:
069:01,210[B  ]| What Politician yet ever escaped his Fate, <210>
069:01,211[B  ]| Who$6#1$ saving his own Neck not saved the State?
069:01,212[B  ]| From hence on$4$ every humorous Wind that$6#1$ veered,
069:01,213[B  ]| With shifted Sails a several Course you steered.
069:01,214[B  ]| What form of Sway did David ever pursue
069:01,215[B  ]| That$6#1$ seemed like$4$ Absolute but sprung from You?
069:01,216[B  ]| Who$6#2$ at your instance quashed each penal Law,
069:01,217[B  ]| That$6#1$ kept dissenting factious Jews in$4$ awe;
069:01,218[B  ]| And who$6#2$ suspends fixed Laws, may abrogate,
069:01,219[B  ]| That$6#2$ done, form New, and so$3$ enslave the State.
069:01,220[B  ]| Even Property, whose Champion now you stand, <220>
069:01,221[B  ]| And seem for$4$ this the Idol of the Land,
069:01,222[B  ]| Did never sustain such Violence before,
069:01,223[B  ]| As when your Counsel shut the Royal Store;
069:01,224[B  ]| Advice, that$6#1$ Ruin to$4$ whole Tribes procured,
069:01,225[B  ]| But secret kept till your own Banks secured.
069:01,226[B  ]| Recount with this the triple Covenant broke,
069:01,227[B  ]| And Israel fitted for$4$ a Foreign Yoke,
069:01,228[B  ]| Nor here your Counsel's fatal Progress stayed,
069:01,229[B  ]| But sent your levied Powers to$4$ Pharaoh's Aid.
069:01,230[B  ]| Hence Tyre and Israel, low in$4$ Ruins laid, <230>
069:01,231[B  ]| And Egypt once their Scorn, their common Terror made.
069:01,232[B  ]| Even of such a Season we can dream,
069:01,233[B  ]| When Royal Rights you made your darling Theme.
069:01,234[B  ]| For$3$ Power unlimited could Reasons draw,
069:01,235[B  ]| And place Prerogative above the Law;
069:01,236[B  ]| Which$6#1$ on$4$ your fall from Office grew Unjust,
069:01,237[B  ]| The Laws made King, the King a Slave in$4$ Trust:
069:01,238[B  ]| Whom with State-craft (to$4$ Interest only True)
069:01,239[B  ]| You now Accuse of ills contrived by$4$ You.
069:01,240['  ]| To$4$ this Hell's Agent ~~ 
069:01,240[C  ]| Royal Youth fix here, <240>
069:01,241[C  ]| Let Interest be the Star by$4$ which$6#1$ I Steer.
069:01,242[C  ]| Hence to$9$ repose your Trust in$4$ Me was wise,
069:01,243[C  ]| Whose Interest most in$4$ your Advancement lies.
069:01,244[C  ]| A Tie so$5#1$ firm as always will$1$ avail
069:01,245[C  ]| When Friendship, Nature and Religion fail;
069:01,246[C  ]| On$4$ ours the Safety of the Crowd depends,
069:01,247[C  ]| Secure the Crowd and we obtain our Ends,
069:01,248[C  ]| Whom I will$1$ cause so$5#1$ far our Guilt to$9$ share
069:01,249[C  ]| Till they are made our Champions by$4$ their Fear.
069:01,250[C  ]| What Opposition can your Rival bring, <250>
069:01,251[C  ]| While Sanhedrins are Jealous of the King?
069:01,252[C  ]| His Strength as yet in$4$ David's Friendship lies,
069:01,253[C  ]| And what can David's Self without Supplies?
069:01,254[C  ]| Who$6#1$ with Exclusive Bills must now Dispense,
069:01,255[C  ]| Debar the Heir, or Starve in$4$ his Defence:
069:01,256[C  ]| Conditions which$6#1$ our Elders never will$1$ quit,
069:01,257[C  ]| And David's Justice never can admit.
069:01,258[C  ]| Or forced by$4$ Wants his Brother to$9$ betray,
069:01,259[C  ]| To$4$ your Ambition next he clears the Way;
069:01,260[C  ]| For$3$ if Succession once to$4$ naught they bring, <260>
069:01,261[C  ]| Their next Advance removes the present King:
069:01,262[C  ]| Persisting else his Senates to$9$ dissolve,
069:01,263[C  ]| In$4$ equal Hazard shall his Reign involve.
069:01,264[C  ]| Our Tribes, whom Pharaoh's Power so$5#1$ much Alarms,
069:01,265[C  ]| Shall rise without their Prince to$9$ oppose his Arms;
069:01,266[C  ]| Nor boots it on$4$ what Cause at first they Join,
069:01,267[C  ]| Their Troops once up$5$, are Tools for$4$ our Design.
069:01,268[C  ]| At least such subtle Covenants shall be made,
069:01,269[C  ]| Till Peace itself is War in$4$ Masquerade.
069:01,270[C  ]| Associations of Mysterious Sense, <270>
069:01,271[C  ]| Against, but seeming for$4$ the King's Defence:
069:01,272[C  ]| Even on$4$ their Courts of Justice Fetters draw,
069:01,273[C  ]| And from our Agents Muzzle up$5$ their Law.
069:01,274[C  ]| By$4$ which$6#1$, a Conquest if we fail to$9$ make,
069:01,275[C  ]| It is a drawn Game at worst, and we secure our Stake.
069:01,276['  ]| He said, and for$4$ the dire Success depends
069:01,277['  ]| On$4$ various Sects, by$4$ common Guilt made Friends:
069:01,278['  ]| Whose Heads, though never so$5#1$ differing in$4$ their Creed,
069:01,279['  ]| In$4$ the point of Treason yet were well Agreed.
069:01,280['  ]| Amongst these, Extorting Ishban first appears, <280>
069:01,281['  ]| Pursued by$4$ a meagre Troop of Bankrupt Heirs.
069:01,282['  ]| Blest Times, when Ishban, he whose Occupation
069:01,283['  ]| So$5#1$ long has been to$9$ Cheat, Reforms the Nation!
069:01,284['  ]| Ishban of Conscience suited to$4$ his Trade,
069:01,285['  ]| As good a Saint as Usurer ever made.
069:01,286['  ]| Yet Mammon has not so$5#1$ engrossed him quite,
069:01,287['  ]| But Belial lays as large a Claim of Spite;
069:01,288['  ]| Who$6#1$, for$4$ those Pardons from his Prince he draws,
069:01,289['  ]| Returns Reproaches, and cries up$5$ the Cause.
069:01,290['  ]| That$6#2$ Year in$4$ which$6#1$ the City he did sway, <290>
069:01,291['  ]| He left Rebellion in$4$ a hopefull way.
069:01,292['  ]| Yet his Ambition once was found so$5#1$ bold,
069:01,293['  ]| To$9$ offer Talents of Extorted Gold;
069:01,294['  ]| Could David's Wants have So$5#2$ been bribed to$9$ shame
069:01,295['  ]| And scandalize our Peerage with his Name;
069:01,296['  ]| For$4$ which$6#1$, his dear Sedition he would forswear,
069:01,297['  ]| And even turn Loyal to$9$ be made a Peer.
069:01,298['  ]| Next him, let Railing Rabsheka have place,
069:01,299['  ]| So$5#1$ full of Zeal He has no$2$ need of Grace;
069:01,300['  ]| A Saint that$6#1$ can both Flesh and Spirit use, <300>
069:01,301['  ]| Alike haunt Conventicles and the Stews:
069:01,302['  ]| Of whom the Question difficult appears,
069:01,303['  ]| If most in$4$ the Preachers' or the Bawds' Arrears.
069:01,304['  ]| What Caution could appear too much in$4$ Him
069:01,305['  ]| That$6#1$ keeps the Treasure of Jerusalem!
069:01,306['  ]| Let David's Brother but approach the Town,
069:01,307[W  ]| Double our Guards, 
069:01,307['  ]| (He cries) 
069:01,307[W  ]| We are undone:
069:01,308['  ]| Protesting that$3$ He dare not Sleep in$4$ his Bed
069:01,309['  ]| Lest he should Rise next Morn without his Head.
069:01,000['  ]| <Lines 310-509 are said to be Dryden's>
069:01,310['  ]| Next these, a Troop of busy Spirits press, <310>
069:01,311['  ]| Of little Fortunes, and of Conscience Less;
069:01,312['  ]| With them the Tribe, whose Luxury had drained
069:01,313['  ]| Their Banks, in$4$ former Sequestrations gained:
069:01,314['  ]| Who$6#1$ Rich and Great by$4$ past Rebellions grew,
069:01,315['  ]| And long to$9$ fish the troubled Streams anew.
069:01,316['  ]| Some future Hopes, some present Payment draws,
069:01,317['  ]| To$9$ sell their Conscience and espouse the Cause,
069:01,318['  ]| Such Stipends those vile Hirelings best befit,
069:01,319['  ]| Priests without Grace, and Poets without Wit.
069:01,320['  ]| Shall that$6#2$ false Hebronite escape our Curse, <320>
069:01,321['  ]| Judas that$6#1$ keeps the Rebels' Pension-Purse;
069:01,322['  ]| Judas that$6#1$ pays the Treason-writer's Fee,
069:01,323['  ]| Judas that$6#1$ well deserves his Namesake's Tree;
069:01,324['  ]| Who$6#1$ at Jerusalem's own Gates Erects
069:01,325['  ]| His College for$4$ a Nursery of Sects:
069:01,326['  ]| Young Prophets with an early Care secures,
069:01,327['  ]| And with the Dung of his own Arts manures?
069:01,328['  ]| What have the Men of Hebron here to$9$ do?
069:01,329['  ]| What part in$4$ Israel's promised Land have you?
069:01,330['  ]| Here Phaleg the Lay Hebronite is come, <330>
069:01,331['  ]| Because like$4$ the rest he could not live at Home;
069:01,332['  ]| Who$6#1$ from his own Possessions could not drain
069:01,333['  ]| An Omer even of Hebronitish Grain,
069:01,334['  ]| Here Struts it like$4$ a Patriot, and talks high
069:01,335['  ]| Of Injured Subjects, altered Property:
069:01,336['  ]| An Emblem of that$6#2$ buzzing Insect Just,
069:01,337['  ]| That$6#1$ mounts the Wheel, and thinks she raises Dust.
069:01,338['  ]| Can dry Bones Live? or Skeletons produce
069:01,339['  ]| The Vital Warmth of Cuckoldizing Juice?
069:01,340['  ]| Slim Phaleg could, and at the Table fed, <340>
069:01,341['  ]| Returned the gratefull Product to$4$ the Bed.
069:01,342['  ]| A Waiting-man to$4$ Travelling Nobles chose,
069:01,343['  ]| He, his own Laws, would Saucily impose;
069:01,344['  ]| Till Bastinadoed back again he went,
069:01,345['  ]| To$9$ Learn those Manners he to$9$ Teach was sent.
069:01,346['  ]| Chastized, he ought to$9$ have retreated Home,
069:01,347['  ]| But He reads Politics to$4$ Absalom.
069:01,348['  ]| For$3$ never Hebronite though Kicked and Scorned,
069:01,349['  ]| To$4$ his own Country willingly returned.
069:01,350['  ]| ~~ But leaving famished Phaleg to$9$ be fed, <350>
069:01,351['  ]| And to$9$ talk Treason for$4$ his daily Bread,
069:01,352['  ]| Let Hebron, nay let Hell produce a Man
069:01,353['  ]| So$5#1$ made for$4$ Mischief as Ben-Jochanan,
069:01,354['  ]| A Jew of Humble Parentage was He,
069:01,355['  ]| By$4$ Trade a Levite though of low Degree:
069:01,356['  ]| His Pride no$2$ higher than the Desk aspired,
069:01,357['  ]| But for$4$ the Drudgery of Priests was hired
069:01,358['  ]| To$9$ Read and Pray in$4$ Linen Ephod brave,
069:01,359['  ]| And pick up$5$ single Shekels from the Grave.
069:01,360['  ]| Married at last, and finding Charge come faster, <360>
069:01,361['  ]| He could not live by$4$ God, but changed his Master:
069:01,362['  ]| Inspired by$4$ Want, was made a factious Tool,
069:01,363['  ]| They got a Villain, and we lost a Fool.
069:01,364['  ]| Still Violent, whatever Cause he took,
069:01,365['  ]| But most against the Party he forsook,
069:01,366['  ]| For$3$ Renegadoes, who$6#1$ never turn by$4$ halves,
069:01,367['  ]| Are bound in$4$ Conscience to$9$ be double Knaves:
069:01,368['  ]| So$3$ this Prose-Prophet took most monstrous Pains,
069:01,369['  ]| To$9$ let his Masters see he earned his Gains.
069:01,370['  ]| But as the Devil owes all his Imps a Shame, <370>
069:01,371['  ]| He chose the Apostate for$4$ his proper Theme;
069:01,372['  ]| With little Pains he made the Picture true,
069:01,373['  ]| And from Reflexion took the Rogue he drew.
069:01,374['  ]| A wondrous Work to$9$ prove the Jewish Nation,
069:01,375['  ]| In$4$ every Age a Murmuring Generation;
069:01,376['  ]| To$9$ trace them from their Infancy of Sinning,
069:01,377['  ]| And shew them Factious from their First Beginning:
069:01,378['  ]| To$9$ prove they could Rebel, and Rail, and Mock,
069:01,379['  ]| Much to$4$ the Credit of the Chosen Flock;
069:01,380['  ]| A strong Authority which$6#1$ must Convince, <380>
069:01,381['  ]| That$3$ Saints own no$2$ Allegiance to$4$ their Prince;
069:01,382['  ]| As it is a Leading-Card to$9$ make a Whore,
069:01,383['  ]| To$9$ prove her Mother had turned up$5$ before.
069:01,384['  ]| But, tell me, did the Drunken Patriarch Bless
069:01,385['  ]| The Son that$6#1$ shewed his Father's Nakedness?
069:01,386['  ]| Such Thanks the present Church thy Pen will$1$ give,
069:01,387['  ]| Which$6#1$ proves Rebellion was so$5#1$ Primitive.
069:01,388['  ]| Must Ancient Failings be Examples made?
069:01,389['  ]| Then Murtherers from Cain may learn their Trade.
069:01,390['  ]| As thou the Heathen and the Saint hast drawn, <390>
069:01,391['  ]| Methinks the Apostate was the better man:
069:01,392['  ]| And thy hot Father (waiving my respect)
069:01,393['  ]| Not of a mother Church, but of a Sect.
069:01,394['  ]| And Such he needs must be of thy Inditing,
069:01,395['  ]| This comes of drinking Ass's milk and writing.
069:01,396['  ]| If Balack should be called to$9$ leave his place
069:01,397['  ]| (As profit is the loudest call of Grace,)
069:01,398['  ]| His Temple dispossessed of one, would be
069:01,399['  ]| Replenished with seven Devils more by$4$ thee.
069:01,400['  ]| Levi, thou art a load, I will$1$ lay thee down, <400>
069:01,401['  ]| And shew Rebellion bare, without a Gown;
069:01,402['  ]| Poor Slaves in$4$ metre, dull and addle-pated,
069:01,403['  ]| Who$6#1$ Rhyme below even David's Psalms translated.
069:01,404['  ]| Some in$4$ my Speedy pace I must outrun,
069:01,405['  ]| As lame Mephibosheth the Wizard's Son:
069:01,406['  ]| To$9$ make quick way I will$1$ Leap over heavy blocks,
069:01,407['  ]| Shun rotten Uzza as I would the Pox;
069:01,408['  ]| And hasten Og and Doeg to$9$ rehearse,
069:01,409['  ]| Two Fools that$6#1$ Crutch their Feeble sense on$4$ Verse;
069:01,410['  ]| Who$6#1$ by$4$ my Muse, to$4$ all succeeding times, <410>
069:01,411['  ]| Shall live in$4$ spite of their own Doggerel Rhymes.
069:01,412['  ]| Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
069:01,413['  ]| Made still a blundering kind of Melody;
069:01,414['  ]| Spurred boldly on$5$, and Dashed through Thick and Thin,
069:01,415['  ]| Through Sense and Non-sense, never out nor in$5$;
069:01,416['  ]| Free from all meaning, whether good or bad,
069:01,417['  ]| And in$4$ one word, Heroically mad:
069:01,418['  ]| He was too warm on$4$ Picking-work to$9$ dwell,
069:01,419['  ]| But Faggotted his Notions as they fell,
069:01,420['  ]| And if they Rhymed and Rattled all was well. <420>
069:01,421['  ]| Spiteful he is not, though he wrote a Satire,
069:01,422['  ]| For$3$ still there goes some thinking to$4$ ill-Nature:
069:01,423['  ]| He needs no$2$ more than Birds and Beasts to$9$ think,
069:01,424['  ]| All his occasions are to$9$ eat and drink.
069:01,425['  ]| If he call Rogue and Rascal from a Garret,
069:01,426['  ]| He means you no$2$ more Mischief than a Parrot:
069:01,427['  ]| The words for$4$ Friend and Foe alike were made,
069:01,428['  ]| To$9$ Fetter them in$4$ Verse is all his Trade.
069:01,429['  ]| For$4$ Almonds he will$1$ cry Whore to$4$ his own Mother:
069:01,430['  ]| And call Young Absalom King David's Brother. <430>
069:01,431['  ]| Let him be Gallows-Free by$4$ my consent,
069:01,432['  ]| And nothing suffer since he nothing meant;
069:01,433['  ]| Hanging Supposes human Soul and reason,
069:01,434['  ]| This Animal is below committing Treason:
069:01,435['  ]| Shall he be hanged who$6#1$ never could Rebel?
069:01,436['  ]| That$6#2$ is a preferment for$4$ Achitophel.
069:01,437['  ]| The Woman that$6#1$ Committed Buggary,
069:01,438['  ]| Was rightly Sentenced by$4$ the Law to$9$ die;
069:01,439['  ]| But it was hard Fate that$6#1$ to$4$ the Gallows led,
069:01,440['  ]| The Dog that$6#1$ never heard the Statute read. <440>
069:01,441['  ]| Railing in$4$ other Men may be a crime,
069:01,442['  ]| But ought to$9$ pass for$4$ mere instinct in$4$ him;
069:01,443['  ]| Instinct he follows and no$2$ farther knows,
069:01,444['  ]| For$3$ to$9$ write Verse with him is to$9$ Transprose.
069:01,445['  ]| It were pity treason at his Door to$9$ lay,
069:01,446['  ]| Who$6#1$ makes Heaven's gate a Lock to$4$ its own Key:
069:01,447['  ]| Let him rail on$5$, let his invective muse
069:01,448['  ]| Have four and Twenty letters to$9$ abuse,
069:01,449['  ]| Which$6#1$ if he Jumbles to$4$ one line of Sense,
069:01,450['  ]| Indict him of a Capital Offence. <450>
069:01,451['  ]| In$4$ Fire-works give him leave to$9$ vent his spite,
069:01,452['  ]| Those are the only Serpents he can write;
069:01,453['  ]| The height of his Ambition is we know
069:01,454['  ]| But to$9$ be Master of a Puppet-show,
069:01,455['  ]| On$4$ that$6#2$ one Stage his works may yet appear,
069:01,456['  ]| And a month's Harvest keeps him all the Year.
069:01,457['  ]| Now stop your noses Readers, all and some,
069:01,458['  ]| For$3$ here is a tun of Midnight-work to$9$ come,
069:01,459['  ]| Og from a Treason Tavern rolling home.
069:01,460['  ]| Round as a Globe, and Liquored every chink, <460>
069:01,461['  ]| Goodly and Great he Sails behind his Link;
069:01,462['  ]| With all this Bulk there is nothing lost in$4$ Og
069:01,463['  ]| For$3$ every inch that$6#1$ is not Fool is Rogue:
069:01,464['  ]| A Monstrous mass of foul corrupted matter,
069:01,465['  ]| As all the Devils had spewed to$9$ make the batter.
069:01,466['  ]| When wine has given him courage to$9$ Blaspheme,
069:01,467['  ]| He Curses God, but God before Cursed him;
069:01,468['  ]| And if man could have reason none has more,
069:01,469['  ]| That$6#1$ made his Paunch so$5#1$ rich and him so$5#1$ poor.
069:01,470['  ]| With wealth he was not trusted, for$3$ Heaven knew <470>
069:01,471['  ]| What it was of old to$9$ pamper up$5$ a Jew;
069:01,472['  ]| To$4$ what would he on$4$ Quail and Pheasant swell,
069:01,473['  ]| That$6#1$ even on$4$ Tripe and Carrion could rebel?
069:01,474['  ]| But though Heaven made him poor, (with reverence speaking,)
069:01,475['  ]| He never was a Poet of God's making;
069:01,476['  ]| The Midwife laid her hand on$4$ his Thick Skull,
069:01,477['  ]| With this Prophetic blessing ~~ 
069:01,477[X  ]| Be thou Dull;
069:01,478[X  ]| Drink, Swear and Roar, forbear no$2$ lewd delight
069:01,479[X  ]| Fit for$4$ thy Bulk, do anything but write:
069:01,480[X  ]| Thou art of lasting Make like$4$ thoughtless men, <480> 
069:01,481[X  ]| A strong Nativity ~~ but for$4$ thy Pen;
069:01,482[X  ]| Eat Opium, mingle Arsenic in$4$ thy Drink,
069:01,483[X  ]| Still mayst thou live avoiding Pen and Ink.
069:01,484['  ]| I see, I see it is Counsel given in$4$ vain,
069:01,485['  ]| For$3$ Treason botched in$4$ Rhyme will$1$ be thy bane;
069:01,486['  ]| Rhyme is the Rock on$4$ which$6#1$ thou art to$9$ wreck,
069:01,487['  ]| It is fatal to$4$ thy Fame and to$4$ thy Neck:
069:01,488['  ]| Why should thy Metre good King David blast?
069:01,489['  ]| A Psalm of his will$1$ Surely be thy last.
069:01,490['  ]| Darest thou presume in$4$ verse to$9$ meet thy foes, <490>
069:01,491['  ]| Thou whom the Penny Pamphlet foiled in$4$ prose?
069:01,492['  ]| Doeg, whom God for$4$ Mankind's mirth has made,
069:01,493['  ]| Over-tops thy talent in$4$ thy very Trade;
069:01,494['  ]| Doeg to$4$ thee, thy paintings are so$5#1$ Coarse,
069:01,495['  ]| A Poet is, though he is the Poet's Horse.
069:01,496['  ]| A Double Noose thou on$4$ thy Neck dost pull,
069:01,497['  ]| For$4$ Writing Treason, and for$4$ Writing dull;
069:01,498['  ]| To$9$ die for$4$ Faction is a Common evil,
069:01,499['  ]| But to$9$ be hanged for$4$ Non-sense is the Devil:
069:01,500['  ]| Hadst thou the Glories of thy King expressed, <500>
069:01,501['  ]| Thy praises had been Satire at the best;
069:01,502['  ]| But thou in$4$ Clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed,
069:01,503['  ]| Hast Shamefully defied the Lord's Anointed:
069:01,504['  ]| I will$1$ not rake the Dunghill of thy Crimes,
069:01,505['  ]| For$3$ who$6#2$ would read thy Life that$6#1$ reads thy rhymes?
069:01,506['  ]| But of King David's Foes be this the Doom,
069:01,507['  ]| May all be like$4$ the Young-man Absalom;
069:01,508['  ]| And for$4$ my Foes may this their Blessing be,
069:01,509['  ]| To$9$ talk like$4$ Doeg, and to$9$ Write like$4$ Thee.
063:01,510['  ]| Achitophel each Rank, Degree, and Age, <510>
063:01,511['  ]| For$4$ various Ends neglects not to$9$ Engage;
063:01,512['  ]| The Wise and Rich for$4$ Purse and Counsel brought,
063:01,513['  ]| The Fools and Beggars for$4$ their Number sought:
063:01,514['  ]| Who$6#1$ yet not only on$4$ the Town depends,
063:01,515['  ]| For$3$ Even in$4$ Court the Faction had its Friends;
063:01,516['  ]| These thought the Places they possessed too small,
063:01,517['  ]| And in$4$ their Hearts wished Court and King to$9$ fall:
063:01,518['  ]| Whose Names the Muse disdaining holds in$4$ the Dark,
063:01,519['  ]| Thrust in$4$ the Villain Herd without a Mark;
063:01,520['  ]| With Parasites and Libel-spawning Imps, <520>
063:01,521['  ]| Intriguing Fops, dull Jesters, and worse Pimps.
063:01,522['  ]| Disdain the Rascal Rabble to$9$ pursue,
063:01,523['  ]| Their Set Cabals are yet a viler Crew;
063:01,524['  ]| See where involved in$4$ Common Smoke they sit;
063:01,525['  ]| Some for$4$ our Mirth, some for$4$ our Satire fit:
063:01,526['  ]| These Gloomy, Thoughtful and on$4$ Mischief bent,
063:01,527['  ]| While those for$4$ mere good Fellowship frequent
063:01,528['  ]| The Appointed Club, can let Sedition pass,
063:01,529['  ]| Sense, Non-sense, anything to$9$ employ the Glass;
063:01,530['  ]| And who$6#1$ believe in$4$ their dull honest Hearts, <530>
063:01,531['  ]| The Rest talk Treason but to$9$ shew their Parts;
063:01,532['  ]| Who$6#1$ never had Wit or Will$0$ for$4$ Mischief yet,
063:01,533['  ]| But pleased to$9$ be reputed of a Set.
063:01,534['  ]| But in$4$ the Sacred Annals of our Plot,
063:01,535['  ]| Industrious AROD never be forgot:
063:01,536['  ]| The Labours of this Midnight-Magistrate,
063:01,537['  ]| May Vie with Corah's to$9$ preserve the State;
063:01,538['  ]| In$4$ search of Arms, He failed not to$9$ lay hold
063:01,539['  ]| On$4$ War's most powerful dangerous Weapon, GOLD.
063:01,540['  ]| And last, to$9$ take from Jebusites, all Odds, <540>
063:01,541['  ]| Their Altars pillaged, stole their very Gods;
063:01,542['  ]| Oft would He Cry, when Treasure He surprised,
063:01,543['  ]| It is Baalish Gold in$4$ David's Coin Disguised:
063:01,544['  ]| Which$6#1$ to$4$ his House with richer Relicts came,
063:01,545['  ]| While Lumber Idols only fed the Flame:
063:01,546['  ]| For$3$ our wise Rabble never took pains to$9$ enquire,
063:01,547['  ]| What it was he burnt, so$3$ it made a rousing Fire:
063:01,548['  ]| With which$6#1$ our Elder was enriched no$2$ more
063:01,549['  ]| Than false Gehazi with the Syrian's Store;
063:01,550['  ]| So$5#1$ Poor, that$3$ when our Choosing-Tribes were met, <550>
063:01,551['  ]| Even for$4$ his Stinking Votes He ran in$4$ Debt;
063:01,552['  ]| For$4$ Meat the Wicked, and as Authors think,
063:01,553['  ]| The Saints he Choosed for$4$ His Electing Drink;
063:01,554['  ]| Thus, every Shift and subtle Method passed,
063:01,555['  ]| And All to$9$ be no$2$ Zaken at the Last.
063:01,556['  ]| Now, raised on$4$ Tyre's sad Ruins, Pharaoh's Pride
063:01,557['  ]| Soared high, his Legions threatening far and wide;
063:01,558['  ]| As when a battering Storm engendered high,
063:01,559['  ]| By$4$ Winds upheld, hangs hovering in$4$ the Sky,
063:01,560['  ]| Is gazed upon$5$ by$4$ every trembling Swain, <560>
063:01,561['  ]| This for$4$ his Vineyard fears, and that$6#2$ his Grain;
063:01,562['  ]| For$4$ blooming Plants, and Flowers new Opening, These
063:01,563['  ]| For$4$ Lambs eaned lately, and far-labouring Bees;
063:01,564['  ]| To$9$ Guard his Stock each to$4$ the Gods does call,
063:01,565['  ]| Uncertain where the Fire-charged Clouds will$1$ Fall:
063:01,566['  ]| Even so$5#2$ the doubtful Nations watch his Arms,
063:01,567['  ]| With Terror each expecting his Alarms.
063:01,568['  ]| Where Judah, where was now, thy Lion's Roar?
063:01,569['  ]| Thou only couldst the Captive Lands restore;
063:01,570['  ]| But Thou, with inbred Broils, and Faction pressed, <570>
063:01,571['  ]| From Egypt needst a Guardian with the Rest.
063:01,572['  ]| Thy Prince from Sanhedrims no$2$ Trust allowed,
063:01,573['  ]| Too much the Representers of the Crowd,
063:01,574['  ]| Who$6#1$ for$4$ their own Defence give no$2$ Supply,
063:01,575['  ]| But what the Crown's Prerogatives must buy:
063:01,576['  ]| As if their Monarch's Rights to$9$ violate,
063:01,577['  ]| More needful were than to$9$ preserve the State!
063:01,578['  ]| From present Dangers they divert their Care,
063:01,579['  ]| And all their Fears are of the Royal Heir;
063:01,580['  ]| Whom now the reigning Malice of his Foes, <580>
063:01,581['  ]| Unjudged would Sentence, and before Crowned, Depose:
063:01,582['  ]| Religion their Pretence, but their Decree
063:01,583['  ]| To$9$ bar his Reign, whatever his Faith shall be!
063:01,584['  ]| By$4$ Sanhedrims, and clamorous Crowds, thus pressed
063:01,585['  ]| What passions rent the Righteous David's Breast?
063:01,586['  ]| Who$6#1$ knows not how to$9$ oppose, or to$9$ comply,
063:01,587['  ]| Unjust to$9$ Grant, and dangerous to$9$ Deny!
063:01,588['  ]| How near in$4$ this dark Juncture Israel's Fate,
063:01,589['  ]| Whose Peace one sole Expedient could create,
063:01,590['  ]| Which$6#1$ yet the extremest Virtue did require, <590>
063:01,591['  ]| Even of that$6#2$ Prince whose Downfall they conspire!
063:01,592['  ]| His Absence David does with Tears advise,
063:01,593['  ]| To$9$ appease their Rage, Undaunted he Complies;
063:01,594['  ]| Thus he who$6#1$ prodigal of Blood, and Ease,
063:01,595['  ]| A Royal Life exposed to$4$ Winds and Seas,
063:01,596['  ]| At once contending with the Waves and Fire,
063:01,597['  ]| And heading Danger in$4$ the Wars of Tyre,
063:01,598['  ]| Inglorious now forsakes his Native Sand,
063:01,599['  ]| And like$4$ an Exile quits the promised Land!
063:01,600['  ]| Our Monarch scarce from pressing Tears refrains, <600>
063:01,601['  ]| And painfully his Royal State maintains,
063:01,602['  ]| Who$6#1$ now embracing on$4$ the extremest Shore
063:01,603['  ]| Almost Revokes what he Enjoined before:
063:01,604['  ]| Concludes at last more Trust to$9$ be allowed,
063:01,605['  ]| To$4$ Storms and Seas, than to$4$ the raging Crowd!
063:01,606['  ]| Forbear, rash Muse, the parting Scene to$9$ draw,
063:01,607['  ]| With Silence charmed as deep as theirs that$6#1$ saw!
063:01,608['  ]| Not only our attending Nobles weep,
063:01,609['  ]| But hardy Sailors swell with Tears the Deep!
063:01,610['  ]| The Tide restrained her Course, and more amazed, <610>
063:01,611['  ]| The Twin-Stars on$4$ the Royal Brothers gazed:
063:01,612['  ]| While this sole Fear ~~ 
063:01,613['  ]| Does Trouble to$4$ our suffering Hero bring
063:01,614['  ]| Lest next the Popular Rage oppress the King!
063:01,615['  ]| Thus parting, each for$4$ the other's Danger grieved,
063:01,616['  ]| The Shore the King, and Seas the Prince received.
063:01,617['  ]| Go injured Hero while propitious Gales,
063:01,618['  ]| Soft as thy Consort's breath inspire thy Sails;
063:01,619['  ]| Well may she trust her Beauties on$4$ a Flood,
063:01,620['  ]| Where thy Triumphant Fleets so$5#1$ oft have rode! <620>
063:01,621['  ]| Safe on$4$ thy Breast reclined her Rest be deep,
063:01,622['  ]| Rocked like$4$ a Nereid by$4$ the Waves asleep;
063:01,623['  ]| While happiest Dreams her Fancy entertain,
063:01,624['  ]| And to$4$ Elysian Fields convert the Main!
063:01,625['  ]| Go injured Hero while the shores of Tyre,
063:01,626['  ]| At thy Approach so$5#1$ Silent shall admire,
063:01,627['  ]| Who$6#1$ on$4$ thy Thunder still their thoughts employ,
063:01,628['  ]| And greet thy Landing with a trembling Joy.
063:01,629['  ]| On$4$ Heroes thus the Prophet's Fate is thrown,
063:01,630['  ]| Admired by$4$ every Nation but their Own; <630>
063:01,631['  ]| Yet while our factious Jews his Worth deny,
063:01,632['  ]| Their Aching Conscience gives their Tongue the Lie.
063:01,633['  ]| Even in$4$ the worst of Men the noblest Parts
063:01,634['  ]| Confess him, and he Triumphs in$4$ their Hearts,
063:01,635['  ]| Whom to$4$ his King the best Respects commend
063:01,636['  ]| Of Subject, Soldier, Kinsman, Prince and Friend;
063:01,637['  ]| All Sacred Names of most divine Esteem,
063:01,638['  ]| And to$4$ Perfection all sustained by$4$ Him,
063:01,639['  ]| Wise, Just and Constant, Courtly without Art,
063:01,640['  ]| Swift to$9$ discern and to$9$ reward Desert; <640>
063:01,641['  ]| No$2$ Hour of His in$4$ fruitless Ease destroyed,
063:01,642['  ]| But on$4$ the noblest Subjects still employed:
063:01,643['  ]| Whose steady Soul never learnt to$9$ Separate
063:01,644['  ]| Between his Monarch's Interest and the State,
063:01,645['  ]| But heaps those Blessings on$4$ the Royal Head,
063:01,646['  ]| Which$6#1$ He well knows must be on$4$ Subjects shed.
063:01,647['  ]| On$4$ what Pretence could then the Vulgar Rage
063:01,648['  ]| Against his Worth, and native Rights engage?
063:01,649['  ]| Religious Fears their Arguments are made,
063:01,650['  ]| Religious Fears his Sacred Rights invade! <650>
063:01,651['  ]| Of future Superstition They complain,
063:01,652['  ]| And Jebusitic Worship in$4$ His Reign;
063:01,653['  ]| With such Alarms his Foes the Crowd deceive,
063:01,654['  ]| With Dangers fright, which$6#1$ not Themselves believe.
063:01,655['  ]| Since nothing can our Sacred Rights remove,
063:01,656['  ]| Whatever the Faith of the Successor prove:
063:01,657['  ]| Our Jews their Ark shall undisturbed retain,
063:01,658['  ]| At least while their Religion is their Gain,
063:01,659['  ]| Who$6#1$ know by$4$ old Experience Baal's Commands
063:01,660['  ]| Not only claimed their Conscience, but their Lands; <660>
063:01,661['  ]| They grudge God's Tithes, how therefore shall they yield
063:01,662['  ]| An Idol full possession of the Field?
063:01,663['  ]| Grant such a Prince enthroned, we must confess
063:01,664['  ]| The People's Sufferings than that$6#2$ Monarch's less,
063:01,665['  ]| Who$6#1$ must to$4$ hard Conditions still be bound,
063:01,666['  ]| And for$4$ his Quiet with the Crowd compound;
063:01,667['  ]| Or should his Thoughts to$4$ Tyranny incline,
063:01,668['  ]| Where are the means to$9$ compass the design?
063:01,669['  ]| Our Crown's Revenues are too short a Store,
063:01,670['  ]| And Jealous Sanedrims would give no$2$ more! <670>
063:01,671['  ]| As vain our Fears of Egypt's potent Aid,
063:01,672['  ]| Not so$5#2$ has Pharaoh learnt Ambition's Trade,
063:01,673['  ]| Nor ever with such Measures can comply,
063:01,674['  ]| As Shock the common Rules of Policy;
063:01,675['  ]| None dread like$4$ Him the Growth of Israel's King,
063:01,676['  ]| And He alone sufficient Aids can bring;
063:01,677['  ]| Who$6#1$ knows that$6#2$ Prince to$4$ Egypt can give Law,
063:01,678['  ]| That$6#1$ on$4$ our Stubborn Tribes his Yoke could draw,
063:01,679['  ]| At such profound Expense He has not stood,
063:01,680['  ]| Nor dyed for$4$ this his Hands so$5#1$ deep in$4$ Blood; <680>
063:01,681['  ]| Would never through Wrong and Right his Progress take,
063:01,682['  ]| Grudge his own Rest, and keep the World awake,
063:01,683['  ]| To$9$ fix a Lawless Prince on$4$ Judah's Throne,
063:01,684['  ]| First to$9$ Invade our Rights, and then his Own;
063:01,685['  ]| His dear-gained Conquests cheaply to$9$ despoil,
063:01,686['  ]| And Reap the Harvest of his Crimes and Toil.
063:01,687['  ]| We grant his Wealth Vast as our Ocean's Sand,
063:01,688['  ]| And Curse its Fatal Influence on$4$ our Land,
063:01,689['  ]| Which$6#1$ our Bribed Jews so$5#1$ numerously partake,
063:01,690['  ]| That$3$ even an Host his Pensioners would make; <690>
063:01,691['  ]| From these Deceivers our Divisions spring,
063:01,692['  ]| Our Weakness, and the Growth of Egypt's King;
063:01,693['  ]| These with pretended Friendship to$4$ the State,
063:01,694['  ]| Our Crowd's Suspicion of their Prince Create,
063:01,695['  ]| Both pleased and frightened with the specious Cry,
063:01,696['  ]| To$9$ Guard their Sacred Rights and Property;
063:01,697['  ]| To$4$ Ruin, thus, the Chosen Flock are Sold,
063:01,698['  ]| While Wolves are taken for$4$ Guardians of the Fold;
063:01,699['  ]| Seduced by$4$ these, we groundlessly complain,
063:01,700['  ]| And loathe the Manna of a gentle Reign: <700>
063:01,701['  ]| Thus our Fore-fathers crooked Paths are trod,
063:01,702['  ]| We trust our Prince, no$2$ more than They their God.
063:01,703['  ]| But all in$4$ vain our Reasoning Prophets Preach,
063:01,704['  ]| To$4$ those whom sad Experience never could Teach,
063:01,705['  ]| Who$6#1$ can commence new Broils in$4$ Bleeding Scars,
063:01,706['  ]| And fresh Remembrance of Intestine Wars;
063:01,707['  ]| When the same Household Mortal Foes did yield,
063:01,708['  ]| And Brothers stained with Brothers' Blood the Field;
063:01,709['  ]| When Sons' Cursed Steel the Father's Gore did Stain,
063:01,710['  ]| And Mothers Mourned for$4$ Sons by$4$ Fathers Slain! <710>
063:01,711['  ]| When thick, as Egypt's Locusts on$4$ the Sand,
063:01,712['  ]| Our Tribes lay Slaughtered through the promised Land,
063:01,713['  ]| Whose few Survivors with worse Fate remain,
063:01,714['  ]| To$9$ drag the Bondage of a Tyrant's Reign:
063:01,715['  ]| Which$6#1$ Scene of Woes, unknowing We renew,
063:01,716['  ]| And madly, even those Ills we Fear, pursue;
063:01,717['  ]| While Pharaoh laughs at our Domestic Broils,
063:01,718['  ]| And safely crowds his Tents with Nation's Spoils.
063:01,719['  ]| Yet our fierce Sanhedrim in$4$ restless Rage,
063:01,720['  ]| Against our absent Hero still engage, <720>
063:01,721['  ]| And chiefly urge, (such did their frenzy prove,)
063:01,722['  ]| The only Suit their Prince forbids to$9$ move,
063:01,723['  ]| Which$6#1$ till obtained, they cease Affairs of State,
063:01,724['  ]| And real Dangers waive, for$4$ groundless Hate.
063:01,725['  ]| Long David's Patience waits Relief to$9$ bring,
063:01,726['  ]| With all the Indulgence of a lawful King,
063:01,727['  ]| Expecting till the troubled Waves would cease,
063:01,728['  ]| But found the raging Billows still increase.
063:01,729['  ]| The Crowd, whose Insolence Forbearance swells,
063:01,730['  ]| While he forgives too far, almost Rebels. <730>
063:01,731['  ]| At last his deep Resentments silence broke,
063:01,732['  ]| The Imperial Palace shook, while thus He spoke,
063:01,733[A  ]| Then Justice wake, and Rigour take her time,
063:01,734[A  ]| For$3$ Lo! our Mercy is become our Crime.
063:01,735[A  ]| While halting Punishment her stroke delays,
063:01,736[A  ]| Our Sovereign Right, Heaven's Sacred Trust, decays;
063:01,737[A  ]| For$4$ whose support even Subjects' Interest calls,
063:01,738[A  ]| Woe! to$4$ that$6#2$ Kingdom where the Monarch falls.
063:01,739[A  ]| That$6#2$ Prince who$6#1$ yields the least of Regal Sway,
063:01,740[A  ]| So$5#1$ far his People's Freedom does Betray. <740>
063:01,741[A  ]| Right lives by$4$ Law, and Law subsists by$4$ Power:
063:01,742[A  ]| Disarm the Shepherd, Wolves the Flock devour.
063:01,743[A  ]| Hard Lot of Empire over a stubborn Race,
063:01,744[A  ]| Which$6#1$ Heaven itself in$4$ vain has tried with Grace!
063:01,745[A  ]| When will$1$ our Reason's long-charmed Eyes unclose,
063:01,746[A  ]| And Israel judge between her Friends and Foes?
063:01,747[A  ]| When shall we see expired Deceivers Sway,
063:01,748[A  ]| And credit what our God and Monarchs say?
063:01,749[A  ]| Dissembled Patriots bribed with Egypt's Gold,
063:01,750[A  ]| Even Sanedrims in$4$ blind Obedience hold; <750>
063:01,751[A  ]| Those Patriots' Falsehood in$4$ their Actions see,
063:01,752[A  ]| And judge by$4$ the pernicious Fruit the Tree;
063:01,753[A  ]| If ought for$4$ which$6#1$ so$5#1$ loudly they declaim
063:01,754[A  ]| Religion, Laws, and Freedom were their Aim;
063:01,755[A  ]| Our Senates in$4$ due Methods they had led,
063:01,756[A  ]| To$9$ avoid those Mischiefs which$6#1$ they seemed to dread;
063:01,757[A  ]| But first before yet they propped the sinking State,
063:01,758[A  ]| To$9$ impeach and charge, as urged by$4$ private Hate;
063:01,759[A  ]| Proves that$3$ they never believed the Fears they pressed,
063:01,760[A  ]| But Barbarously destroyed the Nation's Rest! <760>
063:01,761[A  ]| O! Whither will$1$ ungoverned Senates drive,
063:01,762[A  ]| And to$4$ what Bounds licentious Votes arrive?
063:01,763[A  ]| When their Injustice We are pressed to$9$ share,
063:01,764[A  ]| The Monarch urged to$9$ exclude the lawful Heir;
063:01,765[A  ]| Are Princes thus distinguished from the Crowd,
063:01,766[A  ]| And this the Privilege of Royal Blood?
063:01,767[A  ]| But grant we should Confirm the Wrongs they press,
063:01,768[A  ]| His Sufferings yet were, than the Peoples, less;
063:01,769[A  ]| Condemned for$4$ Life the Murdering Sword to$9$ wield,
063:01,770[A  ]| And on$4$ their Heirs entail a Bloody Field: <770>
063:01,771[A  ]| Thus madly their own Freedom they betray,
063:01,772[A  ]| And for$4$ the Oppression which$6#1$ they fear, make way;
063:01,773[A  ]| Succession fixed by$4$ Heaven the Kingdoms Bar,
063:01,774[A  ]| Which$6#1$ once dissolved, admits the Flood of War;
063:01,775[A  ]| Waste, Rapine, Spoil, without the Assault begin,
063:01,776[A  ]| And our mad Tribes Supplant the Fence within.
063:01,777[A  ]| Since then our Good they will$1$ not understand,
063:01,778[A  ]| It is time to$9$ take the Monarch's Power in$4$ hand;
063:01,779[A  ]| Authority, and Force to$9$ join with Skill,
063:01,780[A  ]| And save the Lunatics against their Will$0$. <780>
063:01,781[A  ]| The same rough Means that$6#1$ assuage the Crowd, appease
063:01,782[A  ]| Our Senates raging with the Crowd's Disease.
063:01,783[A  ]| Henceforth unbiassed Measures let them draw
063:01,784[A  ]| From no$2$ false Gloss, but Genuine Text of Law;
063:01,785[A  ]| Nor urge those Crimes upon$4$ Religion's score
063:01,786[A  ]| Themselves so$5#1$ much in$4$ Jebusites Abhor.
063:01,787[A  ]| Whom Laws convict (and only they) shall Bleed,
063:01,788[A  ]| Nor Pharisees by$4$ Pharisees be Freed.
063:01,789[A  ]| Impartial Justice from our Throne shall Shower,
063:01,790[A  ]| All shall have right, and We our Sovereign Power. <790>
063:01,791['  ]| He said, the Attendants heard with awful Joy,
063:01,792['  ]| And glad Presages their fixed Thoughts employ;
063:01,793['  ]| From Hebron now the suffering Heir Returned,
063:01,794['  ]| A Realm that$6#1$ long with Civil Discord Mourned;
063:01,795['  ]| Till his Approach, like$4$ some Arriving God,
063:01,796['  ]| Composed, and healed the place of his Abode;
063:01,797['  ]| The Deluge checked that$6#1$ to$4$ Judea spread,
063:01,798['  ]| And stopped Sedition at the Fountain's Head.
063:01,799['  ]| Thus in$4$ forgiving David's Paths he drives,
063:01,800['  ]| And chased from Israel, Israel's Peace contrives. <800>
063:01,801['  ]| The Field confessed his Power in$4$ Arms before,
063:01,802['  ]| And Seas proclaimed his Triumphs to$4$ the Shore;
063:01,803['  ]| As nobly has his Sway in$4$ Hebron shown,
063:01,804['  ]| How fit to$9$ Inherit Godlike David's Throne!
063:01,805['  ]| Through Sion's Streets his glad Arrivals spread,
063:01,806['  ]| And Conscious Faction shrinks her snaky head;
063:01,807['  ]| His Train their Sufferings think overpaid, to$9$ see
063:01,808['  ]| The Crowd's Applause with Virtue once agree.
063:01,809['  ]| Success charms All, but Zeal for$4$ Worth distressed
063:01,810['  ]| A Virtue proper to$4$ the Brave and Best; <810>
063:01,811['  ]| Amongst whom was Jothran, Jothran always bent
063:01,812['  ]| To$9$ serve the Crown and Loyal by$4$ Descent,
063:01,813['  ]| Whose Constancy so$5#1$ Firm, and Conduct Just,
063:01,814['  ]| Deserved at once Two Royal Masters' Trust;
063:01,815['  ]| Who$6#1$ Tyre's proud Arms had Manfully withstood
063:01,816['  ]| On$4$ Seas, and gathered Laurels from the Flood;
063:01,817['  ]| Of Learning, yet no$2$ Portion was denied,
063:01,818['  ]| Friend to$4$ the Muses, and the Muse's Pride.
063:01,819['  ]| Nor can Benaiah's Worth forgotten lie,
063:01,820['  ]| Of steady Soul when Public Storms were high; <820>
063:01,821['  ]| Whose Conduct, while the Moor fierce Onsets made,
063:01,822['  ]| Secured at once our Honour and our Trade.
063:01,823['  ]| Such were the Chiefs, who$6#1$ most his Sufferings mourned,
063:01,824['  ]| And viewed with silent Joy the Prince returned;
063:01,825['  ]| While those that$6#1$ sought his Absence to$9$ Betray,
063:01,826['  ]| Press first their Nauseous False Respects to$9$ pay;
063:01,827['  ]| Him still the officious Hypocrites Molest,
063:01,828['  ]| And with malicious Duty break his Rest.
063:01,829['  ]| While real Transports thus his Friends Employ,
063:01,830['  ]| And Foes are Loud in$4$ their dissembled Joy, <830>
063:01,831['  ]| His Triumphs so$5#1$ resounded far and near,
063:01,832['  ]| Missed not his Young Ambitious Rival's Ear;
063:01,833['  ]| And as when joyful Hunters clamorous Train,
063:01,834['  ]| Some Slumbering Lion Wakes in$4$ Moab's Plain,
063:01,835['  ]| Who$6#1$ oft had forced the bold Assailants Yield,
063:01,836['  ]| And scattered his Pursuers through the Field,
063:01,837['  ]| Disdaining, furls his Main, and tears the Ground,
063:01,838['  ]| His Eyes enflaming all the Desert Round,
063:01,839['  ]| With Roar of Seas directs his Chaser's Way,
063:01,840['  ]| Provokes from far, and dares them to$4$ the Fray; <840>
063:01,841['  ]| Such Rage stormed now in$4$ Absalom's fierce Breast,
063:01,842['  ]| Such Indignation his fired Eyes Confessed;
063:01,843['  ]| Where now was the Instructor of his Pride?
063:01,844['  ]| Slept the Old Pilot in$4$ so$5#1$ rough a Tide?
063:01,845['  ]| Whose Wiles had from the happy Shore betrayed,
063:01,846['  ]| And thus on$4$ Shelves the credulous Youth conveyed;
063:01,847['  ]| In$4$ deep revolving Thoughts He weighs his State,
063:01,848['  ]| Secure of Craft, nor doubts to$9$ baffle Fate,
063:01,849['  ]| At least, if his stormed Bark must go adrift,
063:01,850['  ]| To$9$ baulk his Charge, and for$4$ himself to$9$ shift, <850>
063:01,851['  ]| In$4$ which$6#1$ his dexterous Wit had oft been shown,
063:01,852['  ]| And in$4$ the wreck of Kingdoms saved his own;
063:01,853['  ]| But now with more than Common Danger pressed,
063:01,854['  ]| Of various Resolutions stands possessed,
063:01,855['  ]| Perceives the Crowd's unstable Zeal decay,
063:01,856['  ]| Lest their Recanting Chief the Cause betray,
063:01,857['  ]| Who$6#1$ on$4$ a Father's Grace his Hopes may ground,
063:01,858['  ]| And for$4$ his Pardon with their Heads compound.
063:01,859['  ]| Him therefore, before his Fortune slip her Time,
063:01,860['  ]| The Statesman Plots to$9$ engage in$4$ some bold Crime <860>
063:01,861['  ]| Past Pardon, whether to$9$ Attempt his Bed,
063:01,862['  ]| Or Threat with open Arms the Royal Head,
063:01,863['  ]| Or other daring Method, and Unjust,
063:01,864['  ]| That$6#1$ may confirm him in$4$ the People's Trust:
063:01,865['  ]| But failing thus to$9$ ensnare him, nor secure
063:01,866['  ]| How long his foiled Ambition may endure,
063:01,867['  ]| Plots next to$9$ lay him by$5$, as past his Date,
063:01,868['  ]| And try some new Pretender's luckier Fate;
063:01,869['  ]| Whose Hopes with equal Toil he would pursue,
063:01,870['  ]| Nor cares what Claimer's Crowned, except the True. <870>
063:01,871['  ]| Wake Absalom, approaching Ruin shun,
063:01,872['  ]| And see, O see, for$4$ whom thou art Undone!
063:01,873['  ]| How are thy Honours and thy Fame betrayed,
063:01,874['  ]| The Property of desperate Villains made!
063:01,875['  ]| Lost Power and Conscious Fears their Crimes Create,
063:01,876['  ]| And Guilt in$4$ them was little less than Fate;
063:01,877['  ]| But why shouldst Thou, from every Grievance free,
063:01,878['  ]| Forsake thy Vineyards for$4$ their Stormy Sea?
063:01,879['  ]| For$4$ Thee did Canaan's Milk and Honey flow,
063:01,880['  ]| Love dressed thy Bowers, and Laurels sought thy Brow, <880>
063:01,881['  ]| Preferment, Wealth and Power thy Vassals were,
063:01,882['  ]| And of a Monarch all things but the Care.
063:01,883['  ]| Oh should our Crimes, again, that$6#2$ Curse draw down,
063:01,884['  ]| And Rebel-Arms once more attempt the Crown,
063:01,885['  ]| Sure Ruin waits unhappy Absalon,
063:01,886['  ]| Alike by$4$ Conquest or Defeat undone;
063:01,887['  ]| Who$6#1$ could relentless see such Youth and Charms,
063:01,888['  ]| Expire with wretched Fate in$4$ Impious Arms?
063:01,889['  ]| A Prince so$5#2$ formed with Earth's, and Heavens Applause,
063:01,890['  ]| To$9$ Triumph over Crowned Heads in$4$ David's Cause: <890>
063:01,891['  ]| Or grant him Victor, still his Hopes must fail,
063:01,892['  ]| Who$6#1$, Conquering, would not for$4$ himself prevail;
063:01,893['  ]| The Faction whom He trusts for$4$ future Sway,
063:01,894['  ]| Him and the Public would alike Betray;
063:01,895['  ]| Amongst themselves divide the Captive State,
063:01,896['  ]| And found their Hydra-Empire in$4$ his Fate!
063:01,897['  ]| Thus having beat the Clouds with painful Flight,
063:01,898['  ]| The pitied Youth, with Sceptres in$4$ his Sight;
063:01,899['  ]| (So$3$ have their Cruel Politics Decreed,)
063:01,900['  ]| Must by$4$ that$6#2$ Crew that$6#1$ made him Guilty, Bleed! <900>
063:01,901['  ]| For$3$ could their Pride brook any Prince's Sway,
063:01,902['  ]| Whom but mild David would they choose to$9$ Obey?
063:01,903['  ]| Who$6#1$ once at such a gentle Reign Repine,
063:01,904['  ]| The Fall of Monarchy itself Design;
063:01,905['  ]| From Hate to$4$ That$6#2$ their Reformations spring,
063:01,906['  ]| And David not their Grievance, but the King.
063:01,907['  ]| Seized now with panic Fear the Faction lies,
063:01,908['  ]| Lest this clear Truth strike Absalom's charmed Eyes,
063:01,909['  ]| Lest he perceive, from long Enchantment free,
063:01,910['  ]| What all, beside the flattered Youth, must see. <910>
063:01,911['  ]| But whatever doubts his troubled Bosom swell,
063:01,912['  ]| Fair Carriage still became Achitophel:
063:01,913['  ]| Who$6#1$ now an envious Festival installs,
063:01,914['  ]| And to$9$ survey their Strength the Faction calls,
063:01,915['  ]| Which$6#1$ Fraud, Religious Worship too must Gild;
063:01,916['  ]| But oh how weakly does Sedition Build!
063:01,917['  ]| For$3$ Lo! the Royal Mandate Issues forth,
063:01,918['  ]| Dashing at once their Treason, Zeal, and Mirth!
063:01,919['  ]| So$3$ have I seen disastrous Chance Invade,
063:01,920['  ]| Where careful Emmets had their Forage laid, <920>
063:01,921['  ]| Whether fierce Vulcan's Rage, the Furzy Plain
063:01,922['  ]| Had seized, Engendered by$4$ some careless Swain;
063:01,923['  ]| Or swelling Neptune lawless Inroads made,
063:01,924['  ]| And to$4$ their Cell of Store his Flood conveyed;
063:01,925['  ]| The Common-Wealth broke up$5$ distracted go,
063:01,926['  ]| And in$4$ wild Haste their loaded Mates overthrow:
063:01,927['  ]| Even so$5#2$ our scattered Guests confusedly meet,
063:01,928['  ]| With Boiled, Baked, Roast, all Justling in$4$ the Street;
063:01,929['  ]| Dejected all, and ruefully dismayed,
063:01,930['  ]| For$4$ Shekel without Treat, or Treason paid. <930>
063:01,931['  ]| Sedition's dark Eclipse now fainter shows,
063:01,932['  ]| More bright each Hour the Royal Planet grows,
063:01,933['  ]| Of Force the Clouds of Envy to$9$ disperse,
063:01,934['  ]| In$4$ kind Conjunction of Assisting Stars.
063:01,935['  ]| Here labouring Muse those Glorious Chiefs relate,
063:01,936['  ]| That$6#1$ turned the doubtful Scale of David's Fate;
063:01,937['  ]| The rest of that$6#2$ Illustrious Band rehearse,
063:01,938['  ]| Immortalized in$4$ Laurelled Asaph's Verse:
063:01,939['  ]| Hard Task! yet will$1$ not I thy Flight recall,
063:01,940['  ]| View Heaven and then enjoy thy glorious Fall. <940>
063:01,941['  ]| First Write Bezaliel, whose Illustrious Name
063:01,942['  ]| Forestalls our Praise, and gives his Poet Fame.
063:01,943['  ]| The Kenites' Rocky Province his Command,
063:01,944['  ]| A barren Limb of Fertile Canaan's Land;
063:01,945['  ]| Which$6#1$ for$4$ its generous Natives yet could be
063:01,946['  ]| Held Worthy such a President as He!
063:01,947['  ]| Bezaliel with each Grace and Virtue Fraught,
063:01,948['  ]| Serene his Looks, Serene his Life and Thought,
063:01,949['  ]| On$4$ whom so$5#1$ largely Nature heaped her Store,
063:01,950['  ]| There scarce remained for$4$ Arts to$9$ give him more! <950>
063:01,951['  ]| To$9$ Aid the Crown and State his greatest Zeal,
063:01,952['  ]| His Second Care that$6#2$ Service to$9$ Conceal;
063:01,953['  ]| Of Dues Observant, Firm in$4$ every Trust,
063:01,954['  ]| And to$4$ the Needy always more than Just:
063:01,955['  ]| Who$6#1$ Truth from specious falsehood can divide,
063:01,956['  ]| Has all the Gown-men's Skill without their Pride;
063:01,957['  ]| Thus crowned with worth from heights of honour won,
063:01,958['  ]| Sees all his Glories copied in$4$ his Son,
063:01,959['  ]| Whose forward Fame should every Muse engage:
063:01,960['  ]| Whose Youth boasts skill denied to$4$ others' Age. <960>
063:01,961['  ]| Men, Manners, Language, Books of noblest kind
063:01,962['  ]| Already are the Conquest of his Mind.
063:01,963['  ]| Whose Loyalty before its Date was prime;
063:01,964['  ]| Nor waited the dull course of rolling Time:
063:01,965['  ]| The Monster Faction early he dismayed,
063:01,966['  ]| And David's Cause long since confessed his Aid.
063:01,967['  ]| Brave Abdael over the Prophet's School was placed;
063:01,968['  ]| Abdael with all his Father's Virtue graced;
063:01,969['  ]| A Hero, who$6#1$, while Stars looked wondering down,
063:01,970['  ]| Without one Hebrew's Blood restored the Crown. <970>
063:01,971['  ]| That$6#2$ Praise was His; what therefore did remain
063:01,972['  ]| For$4$ following Chiefs, but boldly to$9$ maintain
063:01,973['  ]| That$6#2$ Crown restored; and in$4$ this Rank of Fame,
063:01,974['  ]| Brave Abdael with the First a place must claim.
063:01,975['  ]| Proceed illustrious, happy Chief, proceed,
063:01,976['  ]| Foreseize the Garlands for$4$ thy Brow decreed,
063:01,977['  ]| Which$6#1$ the inspired Tribe attend with noblest strain
063:01,978['  ]| To$9$ Register the Glories thou shalt gain:
063:01,979['  ]| For$3$ sure, the Dew shall Gilboah's Hills forsake,
063:01,980['  ]| And Jordan mix his Stream with Sodom's Lake; <980>
063:01,981['  ]| Or Seas retired their secret Stores disclose,
063:01,982['  ]| And to$4$ the Sun their scaly Brood expose,
063:01,983['  ]| Or swelled above the Cliffs, their Billows raise,
063:01,984['  ]| Before the Muses leave their Patron's Praise.
063:01,985['  ]| Eliab our next Labour does invite,
063:01,986['  ]| And hard the Task to$9$ do Eliab right:
063:01,987['  ]| Long with the royal Wanderer he roved,
063:01,988['  ]| And firm in$4$ all the turns of Fortune proved!
063:01,989['  ]| Such ancient Service and Desert so$5#1$ large,
063:01,990['  ]| Well claimed the Royal Household for$4$ his Charge, <990>
063:01,991['  ]| His Age with only one mild Heiress blest,
063:01,992['  ]| In$4$ all the Bloom of smiling Nature dressed,
063:01,993['  ]| And blest again to$9$ see his Flower allied
063:01,994['  ]| To$4$ David's Stock, and made young Othniel's Bride!
063:01,995['  ]| The bright Restorer of his Father's Youth,
063:01,996['  ]| Devoted to$4$ a Son's and Subject's Truth:
063:01,997['  ]| Resolved to$9$ bear that$6#2$ prize of Duty home,
063:01,998['  ]| So$5#1$ bravely sought (while sought) by$4$ Absalom.
063:01,999['  ]| Ah Prince! the illustrious Planet of thy Birth,
063:01,000['  ]| And thy more powerful Virtue guard thy worth; <1000>
063:01,001['  ]| That$3$ no$2$ Achitophel thy Ruin boast;
063:01,002['  ]| Israel too much in$4$ one such Wreck has lost.
063:01,003['  ]| Even Envy must consent to$4$ Helon's Worth;
063:01,004['  ]| Whose Soul (though Egypt glories in$4$ his Birth)
063:01,005['  ]| Could for$4$ our Captive-Ark its Zeal retain,
063:01,006['  ]| And Pharaoh's Altars in$4$ their Pomp disdain:
063:01,007['  ]| To$9$ slight his Gods was small; with nobler pride,
063:01,008['  ]| He all the Allurements of his Court defied:
063:01,009['  ]| Whom Profit nor Example could betray,
063:01,010['  ]| But Israel's Friend and true to$4$ David's Sway. <1010>
063:01,011['  ]| What acts of favour in$4$ his Province fall;
063:01,012['  ]| On$4$ Merit he confers, and Freely all.
063:01,013['  ]| Our List of Nobles next let Amri grace,
063:01,014['  ]| Whose Merits claimed the Abethdin's high place;
063:01,015['  ]| Who$6#1$, with a Loyalty that$6#1$ did excel,
063:01,016['  ]| Brought all the Endowments of Achitophel.
063:01,017['  ]| Sincere was Amri, and not only knew,
063:01,018['  ]| But Israel's Sanctions into practice drew;
063:01,019['  ]| Our Laws, that$6#1$ did a boundless Ocean seem,
063:01,020['  ]| Were coasted all, and fathomed all by$4$ Him. <1020>
063:01,021['  ]| No$2$ Rabbin speaks like$4$ him their mystic Sense,
063:01,022['  ]| So$5#1$ just, and with such Charms of Eloquence:
063:01,023['  ]| To$4$ whom the double Blessing does belong,
063:01,024['  ]| With Moses' Inspiration, Aaron's Tongue.
063:01,025['  ]| Than Sheva, none more loyal Zeal have shown,
063:01,026['  ]| Wakeful, as Judah's Lion for$4$ the Crown.
063:01,027['  ]| Who$6#1$ for$4$ that$6#2$ Cause still combats in$4$ his Age,
063:01,028['  ]| For$4$ which$6#1$ his Youth with danger did engage.
063:01,029['  ]| In$4$ vain our factious Priests the Cant revive,
063:01,030['  ]| In$4$ vain seditious Scribes with Libels strive <1030>
063:01,031['  ]| To$9$ inflame the Crowd, while He with watchful Eye
063:01,032['  ]| Observes, and shoots their Treasons as They fly.
063:01,033['  ]| Their weekly Frauds his keen Replies detect,
063:01,034['  ]| He undeceives more fast than they infect.
063:01,035['  ]| So$3$ Moses when the Pest on$4$ Legions preyed,
063:01,036['  ]| Advanced his Signal and the Plague was stayed.
063:01,037['  ]| Once more, my fainting Muse, thy Pinions try,
063:01,038['  ]| And Strength's exhausted store let Love supply.
063:01,039['  ]| What Tribute, Asaph, shall we render Thee?
063:01,040['  ]| We will$1$ crown thee with a Wreath from thy own Tree! <1040>
063:01,041['  ]| Thy Laurel Grove no$2$ Envy's flash can blast;
063:01,042['  ]| The Song of Asaph shall forever last!
063:01,043['  ]| With wonder late Posterity shall dwell
063:01,044['  ]| On$4$ Absalom, and false Achitophel:
063:01,045['  ]| Thy strains shall be our slumbering Prophets' dream,
063:01,046['  ]| And when our Sion-Virgins sing, their Theme.
063:01,047['  ]| Our Jubilees shall with thy Verse be graced,
063:01,048['  ]| The Song of Asaph shall forever last!
063:01,049['  ]| How fierce his Satire loosed, restrained how tame,
063:01,050['  ]| How tender of the offending Young man's Fame! <1050>
063:01,051['  ]| How well his worth, and brave Adventures styled,
063:01,052['  ]| Just to$4$ his Virtues, to$4$ his Error mild.
063:01,053['  ]| No$2$ Page of thine that$6#1$ fears the strictest view,
063:01,054['  ]| But teems with just Reproof, or Praise, as due;
063:01,055['  ]| Not Eden could a fairer Prospect yield,
063:01,056['  ]| All Paradise without one barren Field:
063:01,057['  ]| Whose Wit the Censure of his Foes has passed,
063:01,058['  ]| The Song of Asaph shall forever last!
063:01,059['  ]| What Praise for$4$ such rich Strains shall we allow?
063:01,060['  ]| What just Rewards the grateful Crown bestow? <1060>
063:01,061['  ]| While Bees in$4$ Flowers rejoice, and Flowers in$4$ Dew,
063:01,062['  ]| While Stars and Fountains to$4$ their Course are true;
063:01,063['  ]| While Judah's Throne, and Sion's Rock stand fast,
063:01,064['  ]| The Song of Asaph and the Fame shall last.
063:01,065['  ]| Still Hebron's honoured happy Soil Retains
063:01,066['  ]| Our Royal Hero's beauteous dear remains;
063:01,067['  ]| Who$6#1$ now sails off with Winds nor Wishes slack,
063:01,068['  ]| To$9$ bring his Suffering's bright Companion back,
063:01,069['  ]| But before such Transport can our sense employ
063:01,070['  ]| A bitter grief must poison half our Joy; <1070>
063:01,071['  ]| Nor can our Coasts restored those Blessings see
063:01,072['  ]| Without a Bribe to$4$ envious Destiny!
063:01,073['  ]| Cursed Sodom's Doom forever fix the Tide,
063:01,074['  ]| Where by$4$ inglorious Chance the Valiant died.
063:01,075['  ]| Give not insulting Askalon to$9$ know,
063:01,076['  ]| Nor let Gath's Daughters triumph in$4$ our Woe!
063:01,077['  ]| No$2$ Sailor with the News swell Egypt's pride,
063:01,078['  ]| By$4$ what inglorious Fate our Valiant died!
063:01,079['  ]| Weep Arnon! Jordan weep thy Fountains dry,
063:01,080['  ]| While Sion's Rock dissolves for$4$ a Supply! <1080>
063:01,081['  ]| Calm were the Elements, Night's silence deep,
063:01,082['  ]| The Waves scarce murmuring, and the Winds asleep;
063:01,083['  ]| Yet Fate for$4$ Ruin takes so$5#1$ still an hour,
063:01,084['  ]| And treacherous Sands the Princely Barque devour;
063:01,085['  ]| Then Death unworthy seized a generous Race,
063:01,086['  ]| To$4$ Virtue's Scandal, and the Stars disgrace!
063:01,087['  ]| Oh! had the Indulgent Powers vouchsafed to$9$ yield,
063:01,088['  ]| Instead of faithless Shelves, a listed Field;
063:01,089['  ]| A listed Field of Heaven's and David's Foes,
063:01,090['  ]| Fierce as the Troops that$6#1$ did his Youth oppose, <1090>
063:01,091['  ]| Each Life had on$4$ his slaughtered heap retired,
063:01,092['  ]| Not Tamely, and Unconquering thus expired:
063:01,093['  ]| But Destiny is now their only Foe,
063:01,094['  ]| And dying, even over that$6#2$ they triumph too;
063:01,095['  ]| With loud last Breaths their Master's Escape applaud,
063:01,096['  ]| Of whom kind Force could scarce the Fates defraud;
063:01,097['  ]| Who$6#1$ for$4$ such Followers lost, O matchless Mind!
063:01,098['  ]| At his own Safety now almost repined!
063:01,099['  ]| Say Royal Sir, by$4$ all your Fame in$4$ Arms,
063:01,100['  ]| Your Praise in$4$ Peace, and by$4$ Urania's Charms; <1100>
063:01,101['  ]| If all your Sufferings past so$5#1$ nearly pressed,
063:01,102['  ]| Or pierced with half so$5#1$ painful Grief your Breast?
063:01,103['  ]| Thus some Diviner Muse her Hero forms,
063:01,104['  ]| Not soothed with soft Delights, but tossed in$4$ storms:
063:01,105['  ]| Not stretched on$4$ Roses in$4$ the Myrtle Grove,
063:01,106['  ]| Nor Crowns his Days with Mirth, his Nights with Love
063:01,107['  ]| But far removed in$4$ Thundering Camps is found,
063:01,108['  ]| His Slumbers short, his Bed the herbless Ground:
063:01,109['  ]| In$4$ Tasks of Danger always seen the First,
063:01,110['  ]| Feeds from the Hedge, and slakes with Ice his Thirst. <1110>
063:01,111['  ]| Long must his Patience strive with Fortune's Rage,
063:01,112['  ]| And long opposing Gods themselves engage,
063:01,113['  ]| Must see his Country Flame, his Friends destroyed,
063:01,114['  ]| Before the promised Empire be enjoyed,
063:01,115['  ]| Such Toil of Fate must build a Man of Fame,
063:01,116['  ]| And such, to$4$ Israel's Crown, the God-like David came.
063:01,117['  ]| What sudden Beams dispel the Clouds so$5#1$ fast!
063:01,118['  ]| Whose drenching Rains laid all our Vineyards waste?
063:01,119['  ]| The Spring so$5#1$ far behind her Course delayed,
063:01,120['  ]| On$4$ the Instant is in$4$ all her Bloom arrayed, <1120>
063:01,121['  ]| The Winds breath low, the Element serene;
063:01,122['  ]| Yet mark what Motion in$4$ the Waves is seen!
063:01,123['  ]| Thronging and busy as Hyblaean Swarms,
063:01,124['  ]| Or straggled Soldiers Summoned to$4$ their Arms.
063:01,125['  ]| See where the Princely Barque in$4$ loosest Pride,
063:01,126['  ]| With all her Guardian Fleet, Adorns the Tide!
063:01,127['  ]| High on$4$ her Deck the Royal Lovers stand,
063:01,128['  ]| Our Crimes to$9$ pardon before they touched our Land.
063:01,129['  ]| Welcome to$4$ Israel and to$4$ David's Breast!
063:01,130['  ]| Here all your Toils, here all your Sufferings Rest. <1130>
063:01,131['  ]| This year did Ziloah Rule Jerusalem,
063:01,132['  ]| And boldly all Sedition's Surges stem,
063:01,133['  ]| How ever encumbered with a viler Pair
063:01,134['  ]| Than Ziph or Shimei to$9$ assist the Chair;
063:01,135['  ]| Yet Ziloah's loyal Labours so$5#1$ prevailed
063:01,136['  ]| That$3$ Faction at the next Election failed,
063:01,137['  ]| When even the common Cry did Justice Sound,
063:01,138['  ]| And Merit by$4$ the Multitude was Crowned:
063:01,139['  ]| With David then was Israel's Peace restored,
063:01,140['  ]| Crowds Mourned their Error and Obeyed their Lord.