302:027,000[' ]| 302:027,000[' ]| 302:027,000[' ]| 302:027,001[A ]| Tho' Grief and Fondness in my Breast rebel, 302:027,002[A ]| When injur'd Thales bids the Town farewell, 302:027,003[A ]| Yet still my calmer Thoughts his Choice commend, 302:027,004[A ]| I praise the Hermit, but regret the Friend, 302:027,005[A ]| Who now resolves, from Vice and London far, 302:027,006[A ]| To breathe in distant Fields a purer Air, 302:027,007[A ]| And, fix'd on Cambria's solitary Shore, 302:027,008[A ]| Give to St. David one true Briton more. 302:027,009[A ]| For who would leave, unbrib'd, Hibernia's Land, 302:027,010[A ]| Or change the Rocks of Scotland for the Strand? <10> 302:027,011[A ]| There none are swept by sudden Fate away, 302:027,012[A ]| But all whom Hunger spares, with Age decay: 302:027,013[A ]| Here Malice, Rapine, Accident, conspire, 302:027,014[A ]| And now a Rabble rages, now a Fire; 302:027,015[A ]| Their Ambush here relentless Ruffians lay, 302:027,016[A ]| And here the fell Attorney prowls for Prey; 302:027,017[A ]| Here falling Houses thunder on your Head, 302:027,018[A ]| And here a female Atheist talks you dead. 302:027,019[A ]| While Thales waits the Wherry that contains 302:027,020[A ]| Of dissipated Wealth the small Remains, <20> 302:027,021[A ]| On Thames's Banks, in silent Thought we stood, 302:027,022[A ]| Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver Flood: 302:027,023[A ]| Struck with the Seat that gave Eliza Birth, 302:028,024[A ]| We kneel, and kiss the consecrated Earth: 302:028,025[A ]| In pleasing Dreams the blissful Age renew, 302:028,026[A ]| And call Britannia's Glories back to view; 302:028,027[A ]| Behold her Cross triumphant on the Main, 302:028,028[A ]| The Guard of commerce, and the Dread of Spain, 302:028,029[A ]| Ere Masquerades debauch'd, Excise oppress'd, 302:028,030[A ]| Or English Honour grew a standing Jest. <30> 302:028,031[A ]| A transient Calm the happy Scenes bestow, 302:028,032[A ]| And for a Moment lull the Sense of Woe. 302:028,033[A ]| At length awaking, with contemptuous Frown, 302:028,034[A ]| Indignant Thales eyes the neighb'ring Town. 302:028,035[A ]| Since Worth, he cries, in these degen'rate Days, 302:028,036[A ]| Wants ev'n the cheap Reward of empty Praise; 302:028,037[A ]| In those curst Walls, devote to Vice and Gain; 302:028,038[A ]| Since unrewarded Science toils in vain; 302:028,039[A ]| Since Hope but sooths to double my Distress, 302:028,040[A ]| And ev'ry Moment leaves my Little less; <40> 302:028,041[A ]| While yet my steady Steps no Staff sustains, 302:028,042[A ]| And Life still vig'rous revels in my Veins; 302:028,043[A ]| Grant me, kind Heaven, to find some happier Place, 302:028,044[A ]| Where Honesty and Sense are no Disgrace; 302:028,045[A ]| Some pleasing Bank where verdant Osiers play, 302:028,046[A ]| Some peaceful Vale with Nature's Paintings gay; 302:028,047[A ]| Where once the harass'd Briton found Repose, 302:028,048[A ]| And safe in Poverty defy'd his Foes; 302:028,049[A ]| Some secret Cell, ye Pow'rs, indulgent give, 302:028,050[A ]| Let *** live here, for *** has learn'd to live. <50> 302:028,051[A ]| Here let those reign, whom Pensions can incite 302:028,052[A ]| To vote a patriot Black, a Courtier white; 302:028,053[A ]| Explain their Country's dear-bought Rights away, 302:028,054[A ]| And plead for Pirates in the Face of Day; 302:028,055[A ]| With slavish Tenets taint our poison'd Youth, 302:028,056[A ]| And lend a Lye the Confidence of Truth. 302:028,057[A ]| Let such raise Palaces, and Manors buy, 302:028,058[A ]| Collect a Tax, or farm a Lottery; 302:028,059[A ]| With warbling Eunuchs fill our silenc'd Stage, 302:028,060[A ]| And lull to Servitude a thoughtless Age. <60> 302:029,061[A ]| Heroes, proceed! what Bounds your Pride shall hold? 302:029,062[A ]| What Check restrain your Thirst of Pow'r and Gold? 302:029,063[A ]| Behold rebellious Virtue quite o'erthrown, 302:029,064[A ]| Behold our Fame, our Wealth, our Lives your own. 302:029,065[A ]| To such the Plunder of a Land is giv'n, 302:029,066[A ]| When publick Crimes inflame the Wrath of Heav'n: 302:029,067[A ]| But what, my Friend, what Hope remains for me, 302:029,068[A ]| Who start at Theft, and blush at Perjury? 302:029,069[A ]| Who scarce forbear, tho' Britain's Court he sing, 302:029,070[A ]| To pluck a titled Poet's borrow'd Wing; <70> 302:029,071[A ]| A Statesman's Logic unconvinc'd can hear, 302:029,072[A ]| And dare to slumber o'er the Gazetteer; 302:029,073[A ]| Despise a Fool in half his Pension drest, 302:029,074[A ]| And strive in vain to laugh at Hervey's Jest. 302:029,075[A ]| Others with softer Smiles, and subtler Art, 302:029,076[A ]| Can sap the Principles, or taint the Heart; 302:029,077[A ]| With more Address a Lover's Note convey, 302:029,078[A ]| Or bribe a Virgin's Innocence away. 302:029,079[A ]| Well may they rise, while I, whose Rustic Tongue 302:029,080[A ]| Ne'er knew to puzzle Right, or varnish Wrong, <80> 302:029,081[A ]| Spurn'd as a Beggar, dreaded as a Spy, 302:029,082[A ]| Live unregarded, unlamented die. 302:029,083[A ]| For what but social Guilt the Friend endears? 302:029,084[A ]| Who shares Orgilio's Crimes, his Fortune shares. 302:029,085[A ]| But thou, should tempting Villainy present 302:029,086[A ]| All Marlb'rough hoarded, or all Villiers spent, 302:029,087[A ]| Turn from the glitt'ring Bribe thy scornful Eye, 302:029,088[A ]| Nor sell for Gold, what Gold could never buy, 302:029,089[A ]| The peaceful Slumber, self-approving Day, 302:029,090[A ]| Unsullied Fame, and Conscience ever gay. <90> 302:029,091[A ]| The cheated Nation's happy Fav'rites see! 302:029,092[A ]| Mark whom the Great caress, who frown on me! 302:029,093[A ]| London! The needy Villain's gen'ral Home, 302:029,094[A ]| The Common Shore of Paris and of Rome; 302:029,095[A ]| With eager Thirst, by Folly or by Fate, 302:029,096[A ]| Sucks in the Dregs of each corrupted State. 302:029,097[A ]| Forgive my Transports on a Theme like this, 302:029,098[A ]| I cannot bear a French Metropolis. 302:030,099[A ]| Illustrious Edward! from the Realms of Day, 302:030,100[A ]| The Land of Heroes and of Saints survey; <100> 302:030,101[A ]| Nor hope the British Lineaments to trace, 302:030,102[A ]| The rustic Grandeur, or the surly Grace; 302:030,103[A ]| But lost in thoughtless Ease, and empty Show, 302:030,104[A ]| Behold the Warriour dwindled to a Beau; 302:030,105[A ]| Sense, Freedom, Piety, refin'd away, 302:030,106[A ]| Of France the Mimic, and of Spain the Prey. 302:030,107[A ]| All that at home no more can beg or steal, 302:030,108[A ]| Or like a Gibbet better than a Wheel; 302:030,109[A ]| Hiss'd from the Stage, or hooted from the Court, 302:030,110[A ]| Their Air, their Dress, their Politicks import; <110> 302:030,111[A ]| Obsequious, artful, voluble and gay, 302:030,112[A ]| On Britain's fond Credulity they prey. 302:030,113[A ]| No gainful Trade their Industry can 'scape, 302:030,114[A ]| They sing, they dance, clean Shoes, or cure a Clap; 302:030,115[A ]| All Sciences a fasting Monsieur knows, 302:030,116[A ]| And bid him go to Hell, to Hell he goes. 302:030,117[A ]| Ah! what avails it, that, from Slav'ry far, 302:030,118[A ]| I drew the Breath of Life in English Air; 302:030,119[A ]| Was early taught a Briton's Right to prize, 302:030,120[A ]| And lisp the Tale of Henry's Victories; <120> 302:030,121[A ]| If the gull'd Conqueror receives the Chain, 302:030,122[A ]| And what their Armies lost, their Cringes gain? 302:030,123[A ]| Studious to please, and ready to submit, 302:030,124[A ]| The supple Gaul was born a Parasite: 302:030,125[A ]| Still to his Int'rest true, where'er he goes, 302:030,126[A ]| Wit, Brav'ry, Worth, his lavish Tongue bestows; 302:030,127[A ]| In ev'ry Face a Thousand Graces shine, 302:030,128[A ]| From ev'ry Tongue flows Harmony divine. 302:030,129[A ]| These Arts in vain our rugged Natives try, 302:030,130[A ]| Strain out with fault'ring Diffidence a lye, <130> 302:030,131[A ]| And gain a Kick for awkward Flattery. 302:030,132[A ]| Besides, with Justice, this discerning Age 302:030,133[A ]| Admires their wond'rous Talents for the Stage: 302:030,134[A ]| Well may they venture on the Mimic's Art, 302:030,135[A ]| Who play from Morn to Night a borrow'd Part; 302:031,136[A ]| Practis'd their Master's Notions to embrace, 302:031,137[A ]| Repeat his Maxims, and reflect his Face; 302:031,138[A ]| With ev'ry wild Absurdity comply, 302:031,139[A ]| And view each Object with another's Eye; 302:031,140[A ]| To shake with Laughter ere the Jest they hear, <140> 302:031,141[A ]| To pour at Will the counterfeited Tear; 302:031,142[A ]| And as their Patron hints the Cold or Heat, 302:031,143[A ]| To shake in Dog-days, in December sweat. 302:031,144[A ]| How, when Competitors like these contend, 302:031,145[A ]| Can surly Virtue hope to fix a Friend? 302:031,146[A ]| Slaves that with serious Impudence beguile, 302:031,147[A ]| And lye without a Blush, without a Smile; 302:031,148[A ]| Exalt each Trifle, ev'ry Vice adore, 302:031,149[A ]| Your Taste in Snuff, your Judgment in a Whore; 302:031,150[A ]| Can Balbo's Eloquence applaud, and swear <150> 302:031,151[A ]| He gropes his Breeches with a Monarch's Air. 302:031,152[A ]| For Arts like these preferr'd, admir'd, carest, 302:031,153[A ]| They first invade your Table, then your Breast; 302:031,154[A ]| Explore your Secrets with insidious Art, 302:031,155[A ]| Watch the weak Hour, and ransack all the Heart; 302:031,156[A ]| Then soon your ill-plac'd Confidence repay, 302:031,157[A ]| Commence your Lords, and govern or betray. 302:031,158[A ]| By Numbers here from Shame or Censure free, 302:031,159[A ]| All Crimes are safe, but hated Poverty. 302:031,160[A ]| This, only this, the rigid Law persues, <160> 302:031,161[A ]| This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse; 302:031,162[A ]| The sober Trader at a tatter'd Cloak, 302:031,163[A ]| Wakes from his Dream, and labours for a Joke; 302:031,164[A ]| With brisker Air the silken Courtiers gaze, 302:031,165[A ]| And turn the varied Taunt a thousand ways. 302:031,166[A ]| Of all the Griefs that harrass the Distrest, 302:031,167[A ]| Sure the most bitter is a scornful Jest; 302:031,168[A ]| Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous Heart, 302:031,169[A ]| Than when a Blockhead's Insult points the Dart. 302:031,170[A ]| Has Heav'n reserv'd, in Pity to the Poor, <170> 302:031,171[A ]| No pathless Waste, or undiscover'd Shore? 302:031,172[A ]| No secret Island in the boundless Main? 302:031,173[A ]| No peaceful Desart yet unclaim'd by Spain? 302:032,174[A ]| Quick let us rise, the happy Seats explore 302:032,175[A ]| And bear Oppression's Insolence no more. 302:032,176[A ]| This mournful Truth is ev'ry where confest, 302:032,177[A ]| Slow rises worth, by Poverty deprest: 302:032,178[A ]| But here more slow, where all are Slaves to Gold, 302:032,179[A ]| Where Looks are Merchandise, and Smiles are sold, 302:032,180[A ]| Where won by Bribes, by Flatteries implor'd, <180> 302:032,181[A ]| The Groom retails the Favours of his Lord. 302:032,182[A ]| But hark! th' affrighted Crowd's tumultuous Cries 302:032,183[A ]| Roll thro' the Streets, and thunder to the Skies; 302:032,184[A ]| Rais'd from some pleasing Dream of Wealth and Pow'r, 302:032,185[A ]| Some pompous Palace, or some blissful Bow'r, 302:032,186[A ]| Aghast you start, and scarce with aking Sight, 302:032,187[A ]| Sustain th' approaching Fire's tremendous Light; 302:032,188[A ]| Swift from pursuing Horrors take your Way, 302:032,189[A ]| And Leave your little All to Flames a Prey; 302:032,190[A ]| Then thro' the World a wretched Vagrant roam, <190> 302:032,191[A ]| For where can starving Merit find a Home? 302:032,192[A ]| In vain your mournful Narrative disclose, 302:032,193[A ]| While all neglect, and most insult your Woes. 302:032,194[A ]| Should Heav'n's just Bolts Orgilio's Wealth confound, 302:032,195[A ]| And spread his flaming Palace on the Ground, 302:032,196[A ]| Swift o'er the Land the dismal Rumour flies, 302:032,197[A ]| And publick Mournings pacify the Skies; 302:032,198[A ]| The Laureat Tribe in servile Verse relate, 302:032,199[A ]| How Virtue wars with persecuting Fate; 302:032,200[A ]| With well-feign'd Gratitude the pension'd Band <200> 302:032,201[A ]| Refund the Plunder of the begger'd Land. 302:032,202[A ]| See! while he builds, the gaudy Vassals come, 302:032,203[A ]| And crowd with sudden Wealth the rising Dome; 302:032,204[A ]| The Price of Boroughs and of Souls restore, 302:032,205[A ]| And raise his Treasures higher than before. 302:032,206[A ]| Now bless'd with all the Baubles of the Great, 302:032,207[A ]| The polish'd Marble, and the shining Plate, 302:032,208[A ]| Orgilio sees the golden Pile aspire, 302:032,209[A ]| And hopes from angry Heav'n another Fire. 302:033,210[A ]| Couldst thou resign the Park and Play content, <210> 302:033,211[A ]| For the fair Banks of Severn or of Trent; 302:033,212[A ]| There might'st thou find some elegant Retreat, 302:033,213[A ]| Some hireling Senator's deserted Seat; 302:033,214[A ]| And stretch thy Prospects o'er the smiling Land, 302:033,215[A ]| For less than rent the Dungeons of the Strand; 302:033,216[A ]| There prune thy Walks, support thy drooping Flow'rs, 302:033,217[A ]| Direct thy Rivulets, and twine thy Bow'rs; 302:033,218[A ]| And, while thy Beds a cheap Repast afford, 302:033,219[A ]| Despise the Dainties of a venal Lord: 302:033,220[A ]| There ev'ry Bush with Nature's Music rings, <220> 302:033,221[A ]| There ev'ry Breeze bears Health upon its Wings; 302:033,222[A ]| On all thy Hours Security shall smile, 302:033,223[A ]| And bless thine Evening Walk and Morning Toil. 302:033,224[A ]| Prepare for Death, if here at Night you roam, 302:033,225[A ]| And sign your Will before you sup from Home. 302:033,226[A ]| Some fiery Fop, with new Commission vain, 302:033,227[A ]| Who sleeps on Brambles till he kills his Man; 302:033,228[A ]| Some frolick Drunkard, reeling from a Feast, 302:033,229[A ]| Provokes a Brawl, and stabs you for a Jest. 302:033,230[A ]| Yet ev'n these Heroes, mischievously gay, <230> 302:033,231[A ]| Lords of the Street, and Terrors of the Way; 302:033,232[A ]| Flush'd as they are with Folly, youth and wine, 302:033,233[A ]| Their prudent Insults to the Poor confine; 302:033,234[A ]| Afar they mark the Flambeau's bright Approach, 302:033,235[A ]| And shun the shining Train, and golden Coach. 302:033,236[A ]| In vain, these Dangers past, your Doors you close, 302:033,237[A ]| And hope the balmy blessings of Repose: 302:033,238[A ]| Cruel with Guilt, and daring with Despair, 302:033,239[A ]| The midnight Murd'rer bursts the faithless Bar; 302:033,240[A ]| Invades the sacred Hour of silent Rest, <240> 302:033,241[A ]| And plants, unseen, a Dagger in your Breast. 302:033,242[A ]| Scarce can our Fields, such Crowds at Tyburn die, 302:033,243[A ]| With Hemp the Gallows and the Fleet supply. 302:033,244[A ]| Propose your Schemes, ye Senatorian Band, 302:033,245[A ]| Whose Ways and Means support the sinking Land; 302:033,246[A ]| Lest Ropes be wanting in the tempting spring, 302:033,247[A ]| To rig another Convoy for the King. 302:034,248[A ]| A single Jail, in Alfred's golden Reign, 302:034,249[A ]| Could half the Nation's Criminals contain; 302:034,250[A ]| Fair Justice then, without Constraint ador'd, <250> 302:034,251[A ]| Sustain'd the Balance, but resign'd the Sword; 302:034,252[A ]| No Spies were paid, no Special Juries known, 302:034,253[A ]| Blest Age! But ah! how diff'rent from our own! 302:034,254[A ]| Much could I add, ~~ but see the Boat at hand, 302:034,255[A ]| The Tide retiring, calls me from the Land: 302:034,256[A ]| Farewell! ~~ When Youth, and Health, and Fortune spent, 302:034,257[A ]| Thou fly'st for Refuge to the Wilds of Kent; 302:034,258[A ]| And tir'd like me with Follies and with Crimes, 302:034,259[A ]| In angry Numbers warn'st succeeding Times; 302:034,260[A ]| Then shall thy Friend, nor thou refuse his Aid, <260> 302:034,261[A ]| Still Foe to Vice forsake his Cambrian Shade; 302:034,262[A ]| In Virtue's Cause once more exert his Rage, 302:034,263[A ]| Thy Satire point and animate thy Page.