LONDON; A POEM: IN IMITATION OF THE THIRD SATIRE OF JUVENAL. WRITTEN IN 1738. Quis ineptæ Tam patiens urbis, tam ferreus ut teneat se? Juv. 'THO' grief and fondness in my breast rebel, 2 For who would leave, unbrib'd, Hibernia's land, JUV. SAT. III. 'Quamvis digressu veteris confusus amici; Laudo, tamen, vacuis quòd sedem figere Cumis Destinet, atque unum civem donare Sibyllæ. '-Ego vel Prochytam præpono Suburræ. Tectorum assiduos, & mille pericula sævæ Here malice, rapine, accident, conspire, 3 While THALES waits the wherry that contains A transient calm the happy scenes bestow, 4 Since worth, he cries, in these degenerate days Wants even the cheap reward of empty praise; Sed, dum tota domus rhedâ componitur unâ, Substitit ad veteres arcus. + Hic tunc Umbritius: Quando artibus, inquit, honestis Nullus in urbe locus, nulla emolumenta laborum, Res hodie minor est, heri quam fuit, atque eadem cras Ire, fatigatas ubi Dædalus exuit alas; Dum nova canities. * Queen Elizabeth, born at Greenwich. In those curs'd walls, devote to vice and gain, repose, And safe in poverty defy'd his foes; live here, for has learn'd to live. 7 Let such raise palaces, and manors buy, Collect a tax, or farm a lottery; With warbling eunuchs fill a licens'd stage, Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo. • Cedamus patriâ: vivant Arturius istic Et Catulus: maneant qui nigra in candida vertunt. The invasions of the Spaniards were defended in the houses of parliament. The Licensing act was then lately made. Our silenc'd. Heroes, proceed! what bounds your pride shall hold What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives, your own. To such the plunder of a land is giv❜n, When publick crimes inflame the wrath of Heaven: A statesman's logick unconvinc'd can hear, Gazetteer; 9 Others with soft Can sap the princip Or bribe a virgin's miles, and subtler art, or taint the heart; lover's note convey, nocence away. Well may they rise, while I, whose rustick tongue Ne'er knew to puzzle right, or varnish wrong, Spurn'd as a begger, dreaded as a spy, Live unregarded, unlamented die. 10 For what but social guilt the friend endears? Who shares Orgilio's crimes, his fortune shares. 8 Quid Romæ faciam? Mentiri nescio: librum,' Si malus est, nequeo laudare & poscere. 9 Ferre ad nuptam quæ mittit adulter, Quæ mandat norint alii; me nemo ministro Fur erit; atque ideo nulli comes exeo. 10 Quis nunc diligitur nisi conscius ?- Accusare potest. The paper which at that time contained apologies for the Court. b Hy's jest. "But thou, should tempting villainy present 12 The cheated nation's happy fav'rites, see! 14 Illustrious EDWARD! from the realms of day, Of France the mimick, and of Spain the prey. Hiss'd from the stage, or hooted from the court, 11 Tanti tibi non sit opaci Omnis arena Tagi, quodque in mare volvitur aurum, Ut somno careas. 12 Quæ nunc divitibus gens acceptissima nostris, Et quos præcipue fugiam, properabo fateri. 13 Non possum ferre, Quirites, Græcam urbem. 14 Rusticus ille tuus sumit trechedipna, Quirine, Et ceromatico fert niceteria collo. |