THE WILLIAM R. PERKINS LIBRARY OF DUKE UNIVERSITY Rare Books Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/descriptionofbatOOchan POEM B Y Airs. Mary Chandler [ Price l s. 6 d. ] THE DESCRIPTION O F BATH. POEM. Humbly Infcribed ToHerRoYAL Highness the Princefs Amelia. With feveral other POEMS. By Mrs. Mary Chandler. The Seventh Edition, To which is added, A True Tale, by the fame Author* LONDON: Printed for James Leake, Bookfeller in Bath ; and Sold by Meffieurs Hitch and Hawes 3 Bookfellers in London. M DCC. LV. T O Mr. JOHN CHANDLER. 0 T having V aniiy enough to think I write to the Worlds but only to the fmall Circle of my Acquaint- ance^ and thofe of my Superiors > to whom I have the Honour to appear in a favourable Light ; it would be impertinent in me to look out for a fioble Patron to re- commend my Trifles. AND as good Senfe, Learnings Probity^ and Tafte> are the Acco7nplifhments that ren- der a Man's Opinion in ones Favour a Re- £ com- Dedication* commendation \ I foould be as much pleas d with yours, as with that of a 'Peer of Eng- land. As it was you that frfl gave me Cou- rage to appear abroad \ you have a Right to this fmall ColleSlion ; wrote at my Leifure Hours for my own Amufement, and to in- dulge a grateful Te?nper. 1 A M far from ajfuming any Airs on accowtt of this mean Performance ; but would rather chufe to be taken Notice of as one that deals honeflly i?i Trade y and behaves decently in the Relations of Life^ tha?t as a W riter \ ftnce I am confcious I have a better Right to the frfl, than the lafi CharaEler. AND my chief Motive for Printing 7iow any thing befides this New Edition of the Bath Poem, was to put an End to the troublefome Employme?it of writing out Co- fiiesy without difobliging my Friends. THOSE Dedication "THOSE you have not feen, had been fe?it for your CorreSlion, could I have per- fuaded myfelf to have e7tgrofs d Jo much of your Time from your Attendance on the Sick, or from that c Purfuit of ufeful Knowlege, which renders you fo much fuperior to ma?7y in your own Profejfton, and fo much beloved by all that know you. But it becwies not me, who may be fufpeEled of Partiality, to fpeak even the Truth of a Brother ; for whom 1 have not only the tenderefl Affe&ion^ but the fmcerefl Efeem. THE THE DESCRIPTION O F BATH. A POEM. Humbly Infcribed ToHerRoYAL Highness the Princefs Amelia. The Seventh Edition, THE CONTENTS. Page ESCR1PTION e/Bath i To Dr. Oliver, who corrected my Bath Poem 2 1 A Letter to the Right Honourable the Lady Ruflel. Written at her Ladyjhifs Dejire on the Converfation at Breakfajl 24 To Airs. Boteler. A Defcription of her Garden 28 A Poem on the Princefs Amelia. In Anjwer to Damon, who invited the Nymphs of Bath to Jing her Praife. 3 2 To the Rev. Dr. S — . An Invitation to a Morning Walk in the Spring. 34 To tfo Rev. Mr. Sam. Chandler, on Wifdom 36 The Author s Epitaph 40 A The CONTENTS. Page A Letter to Lady F . From the other World 42 To Mrs. Shales 48 To Mrs. Stephens 5 1 A Song 57 To Mrs. Moor. A Poem tf/z Friendlhip ; written in 1729. 60 0;z the Authors Recovery 63 ST&r Authors Wifh 65 iW//} Moor. On her Fire-Screen 68 On Mr. B — 'j Garden. To Mrs. S — 70 T Till, drawing Vigour from thofe living Springs, She dares to raife her Voice, and ftretch her Wings, Not the fam'd Springs, which gave poetic Fire, Had nobler Virtues, or could more infpire. Too weak my Voice ; but Great Amelia's Nam£ Shall raife my Numbers, and defend my Fame. Long ere the Roman Eagle hither flew, £re AMm 's Sons their pow'rful Virtues knew 5 Brute's great Defcendant rais'd them firft to Fam? And, from their Ufe, affignd the Town its Name* Pallas he chofe Proteitrcfs of the Streams \ Pallas the * City her Prote&refs claims. * l Ihi City of B at k is idii in the Britifo Levgxags Caer Palludar, Thu$ On feveral Occafions. < Thus He, who of Man's Fall divinely fings, Tells from old Records, wrote of Gothic Kings. The Romans well this ancient Story knew \ Minerva's Statues their Devotion drew: Of curious Art her noble \ Bujl appears, Safe from the Ruin of a Thoufand Years. Thefe falutary Streams alone can boaft Their Virtues not in thrice five Ages loft. The floating Waters, from their hidden Source, Thro' the fame Strata keep unerring Courfe ; The flowing Sulphur meets dhTolving Steel y And heat in Combat till the Waters boil : United then, enrich the healing Stream ; Health to the Sick they give, and to the Waters* [Fam©w Th u s oft contending Parties rage and hate, Malignant both, and pufh each other's Fate ; f There is now an antique Bujl in the Towhall of Bath, [append i belong to a Roman Statue o/"Pa i,la3. B 2 4 POEMS At laft, their Fury fpent, and cloy 'd with Blood, They join in Friend/hip for the public Good. Hither foul Scurvy, odious to the Sight And Vapours, which, in evry Form, affright Sharp Colic, groaning with a "Jaundice Face ; White Leprosy, of old Egyptian Race ; The fhaking Palsey ; Rheumatism lame; "J I And meager Indigestion pining came ; \ With many dreadful Ails, without a Name. J Fatal Effects of Luxury and Ease ! We drink our Poison, and we eat Disease ; Indulge our Senses at our Reason's Coft, Till Senfe is Pain, and Reaforis hurt, or loft. Not fo, O Temp'rance bland ! when rul'd [by thee, The Brutes obedient, and the Man is free : Soft are his Slumbers, balmy is his Reft, His Feins not boiling from the Midnight Feaft ; Touched On fever al Occa/ions. 5 Touch'd by Aurora's rofy Hand, he wakes* Peaceful and calm 5 and with the World partakes The joyful Dawnings of returning Day, For which their grateful Thanks the whole Creation [pay ! All but the human Brute : Tis he alone Whofe Deeds of Darknefs fly the rifing Sun. Tis to thy Rules, O Temperance ! we owe All Pleafures which from Health and Strength can [flow: Vigour of Body, Purity of Mind, Unclouded Reafon, Sentiments reiin'd, Unmix'd, untainted Joys, without Remorje, Th' intem'prate Sinners never-failing Curfe. Our Waters wafh thofe num'rous Ills away, And grant the trembling Wretch a longer Day. O may returning Health more Wifdojn give ! Let Death's Approaches teach us how to live. I 6 POEMS If but one Leper curd, makes Jordan s Stream, In facred Writ, a venerable Theme, What Honours to thy fov reign Waters due, Where Sick, by Thoufands, do their Health renew ? The Min vol Steams which from the Baths arife, From noxious Vapours clear the neighboring Skies : When Fevers bore an epidemic Sway, Unpeopled Towns, fwept Villages away ; While Death abroad dealt Terror and Defpair, The Plague but gently touctid within their Sphere. Blest Source of Health, feated on ri/ing Ground, With friendly Hills by Nature guarded round ; From EaJIem Blajls, and fultry South fecure ; The Airs balfamic, and the Soil is pure. What boundlefs Pt'ofpeBs from yon tow'ring [Height Of Hills, and Plains, and Valleys, ftrike the Sight ! Towns, On feveral Occajions. 7 Towns, Rivers, Villas, Flocks, and Herds appear, And all the various Produces of the Year. Thence view the pendant Rock's majeftic Shade, That ipeaks the Ruins conqu'ring Time has made : Whether the Egg was by the Deluge broke, Or Nature fince has felt feme Qther Shock , Ingenious Burnet, thine's a pleafing Scheme, A gay Delufion, if it be a Dream. The fhatter d Rocks and Strata feem to fay. Nature is old, and tends to her Decay : Yet lovely in Decay, and green in Age, Her Beauty lafts her, to her latejl Stage. Wifdom immenfe contriv'd the wondVous Ball, And Form fprung forth, obedient to his Call. He fix'd her Date, and bade the Planet run Her annual Race around the central Sun : He bade the Seafons, Days, and Nights return, Till the pent Fires, which at the Centre burn, Shall the whole Globe to one huge Cinder turn. B 4 Then> 8 POEMS Then, like a Phoenix, fhe again fhall rife, And the New World be peopled from the Skies ; Then Vice, and all her Train of Ills fhall ceafe, And Truth (hall reign with Rigbteoufnefs and Peace, Surrounded by the Avon's winding Streams, Beneath the Hills, a peopled Ifland feems $ An ancient Abbey in its Centre ftands, The labour d Work of fuperftitious Hands ; When Holy Craft fupreme did guide the Helm, And Gothic Darknefs overfpread the Realm \ The artful Priefl amaz'd the gaping Croud, And facred Truth was veil'd in myfiic Cloud ; When living Saints for true Devotion bled ; And Rith profane were offerd to the Dead ; When Idol Images Devotion drew, And Idol Gods were worlhippd as the True Witnefs yon Front : how impioufly defign'd In Stone to reprefent th' Eternal Mind ! Witnefs On feveral Occajions. g Witnefs the Saints and Angels on the Wall! Deaf to their Vot'ries Prayers, and f lent to their Call. Welcome, fair Liberty, and Light divine! Yet wider fpread your Wings ; and brighter fiiine - y Dart livelier Beams on evVy BritiJJ: Soul, And fcatter Jlavijh Darknefs to the Pole. Now for pure Worjhip is the Church defign'd ; O that the Mufe could fay to that confin d ! Evn there, by meaning Looks, and cringing Bows, The Female Idol her Adorer knows ! Fly hence, Profane, nor taint this facred Place ; Mock not thy GOD, to flatter Celi a s Face, This facred Pile inclofes honour'd Duft, And pompous Monuments fecure the Truft : There Montague, the Noble Prelate, lies, With pious Hands up-lifted to the Skies : A Virgin here enjoys eternal Fame, Join'd on the Marble with great Dry den's Name. The io POEMS. Th e fpacious Po R t i c o demands my Song, Where Beaux and Belles appear, a fhining Throng ! To take a cordial Draught, and chear the Soul, Like Homer's Gods, when NeBar crown'd theBowL Correft the Fabric, fimple, neat, and plain, Of Parian, nor Egyptian Marble vain, But innocently white, 'tis proud to fhow, In neighboring Hills what beauteous Pillars grow. The Baths adjoining from two ample Squares, Around the Walls the Roman Art appears ; Niches and Arches there the Bathers find, A Shelter from the Rain, and bluft'ring Wind: Bladup himfelf fits Guardian of the Streams, Whofe noble Virtues give them * Royal Names. •j- Not far from hence, a Bath of gentler Heat, The tender Virgin finds a fafe Retreat • King and Queen's Bath. f Cro/s Bath, From On fever al Occajtons. it From Sights indecent, and from Speeches lewd, Which dare not there, with Satyr Face, intrude. Juft in the midft a Marble Crofs there ftands, Which Popifh Minds with pious Awe commands, Devoid itfelf of Paivr to heal our Woes, Yet deck'd with monumental Crutches, fhows What mighty Cures this wondrous Pool has done* And thefe the Trophies from Difeafes won. The Sailor thus, on foaming Billows toft, His Ship and Ship-mates in the Tempeft loft, Did fome kind God's aflifting Pow r implore, And when, by Aid Divine, he reach'd the Shore, Strait to the Temple of the God he flew ; His briny Coat he thought the Temple's Due : And near the dropping Garment, on the Wall, He wrote, with grateful Praife, the moving Tale. * Thro' yon high arched Gate on either Hand In comely Order, Rows of Buildings ftand ; * Weft Gate. Sec it POEMS See Squares y and Hofpitals, and T wtples rife, From whence let pure Devotion pierce the Skies. A Fountain flows, which Jlately Walls furround, And Palaces o'erfpread the verdant Ground ; Where Herds were wont to drink the cooling Spring, And Birds on bending Branches us'd to fing. Leaving the Weft, I guide my View around, And mark the City's venerable Bound. Where the Remains of many an hundred Year, In rev rend Ruins, on the Walls appear, * A Fury 's Head with fnaky Hair there ftands 5 Here Hercules th' attentive Eye demands, And there a Shepberdy and his youthfid Dame 5 Thefe Monument, and more, are known to Fame. Hence view the Grove , it forms a verdant Square. See the Trees wanton in the Eaftern Air y * Ste Guidofs Tranfaticn of the Antiquities of Bath. Aurora On fever al OccafonL 13 Aurora gilds them with a temp'rate Ray, And lefty Buildings fhade in Noon of Day. An Obclijk doth now its Centre grace, The lateft, proudeft, Honour of the Place. To future Times this Monument fhall fhow, How much all Britons and all Belgians owe, To Springs which fav'd fromDeath the GreatN ass au . From Him, and beauteous A n n a, fhall defcend Heroes like William, ready to defend Fair Liberty opprefs'd, and trampled Laws, Or die with Pleafure in the glorious Caufe. What lefs than this can Prophecy divine, When William's Blood is mix'd with Georges (Line ? Nor think, O Nash, the Mufe forgets thy Praife : Enough for thee this Monument to raife : What greater Honour can thy Pride receive, Than that Thy Name with great Nassau fhall live? Wh ere H POEMS Wh ere the fmooth Bowl* was wont to fkim the [Green, Now ftately Rooms for Pleafure change the Scene ; Where Mufic warbles, and the Dancers bound, Where the high Roof re-echoes to the Sound. There blooming Virgins kindle am'rous Fires ; And there the God of Wit with Verfe infpires. The rattling Dye inchants the Mifer s Heir, The hoarded Sums the Jbarking Gamejiers fhare ; Th* important Bus nefs of the Fair, Quadrille, Employs thofe Flours which Dancing cannot kill ; Or favrite Ombre, fweetly fung by Pope, [Hope. Appalls their Cheeks with Fear, or reddens them with There Mifs foon learns the Language of the Eyes, ' The witlefs Beau looks foft, and fwears he dies ; \ And who can think fo fine a Lover lyes ? There Pagan, Turk, the Vapijl, and the Jew, And all Mankind's Epitome you view. * Where Lindfey'j Mtw Ro:m now fiends^ was a Bowling- green not long fince. % But On fever al Occafions+ 15 But fly my Mufe, fly this inchanting Place, Nor Man, thro' all his Pleafures, dare to trace, B u t fee thro* yonder * Door a iafe Retreat 5 There reft fecure, ainidft the Wife, and Great t Heroes of ancient, and of modern Song, The bending Shelves in comely Order throng ; Hither, ye Nymphs, attend the leading Mufe, With her the Labours of the Wife perufe ; Their Maxims learn, their Precepts be your Guide * Think virtuous Knowlege Woman's traejl Pride : One Hour, thus fpent, more folid Joys fhall give, Than the gay Idler knows, or Fools conceive. Now leave the "Terrace, and th' extended Scene Of Hills inclos'd, and Meadows ever-green. Defcend to Walks, 'twixt Limes in adverfe Rows, And view the gay Parterre, that ever blow?. * Mr. LeakeV Shop. This 16 POEMS This fair * Pavilion view ; around its Bafe Obferve the Sporting of thc'Jcaly Race. A cool Recefs, the Mu s e s chofen Seat, From Crouds, and empty Noife, a bleft Retreat ! The lovely Landscape, and the filent Stream, Infpire the Poet, and prefent the Theme. Round the green Walk the River glides away, Where midft EJpaliers balmy Zephyrs play, > And fan the Leaves, and cool the fcorching Ray : m View the brown Shadows of yon pathlefs Wood-, And craggy Hills, irregular and rude ! Where Nature Iports romantic : Hence is feen The new-made Road, and wonderful Machine, Self -moving downward from the Mountain's Height, A Rock its Burden, of a Mountains Weight. Hail mighty Genius I born for great Dejigns, T ? adorn your Country, and to mend the Times Harrifon 1 * Banquetting-Houfe* Virtue^ On fever al Occafons. 17 Virtue s Exemplar in degen'rate Days, '" All who love Virtue, love to Ipeak your Praife : You chide the Mufe that dares your Virtues own, And, veil'd with Modejly, would live unknown $ An honejl Mufe, no Proftitute for Gain, Infrejl may court her, but mail court in vain : But ever pleas'd to fet true Worth in View, Yours Jhall be feen, and will, by All but Tbu. Prophetic here, the Mufe (hall build thy Seat, Great, like thy Soul, in ev'ry Part complete: On this fair Eminence the Fabric ftands, The fmifh'd Labour of a thoufand Hands j The Hill, the Dale, the River, Groves and Fields, Vary the LaJidfcape which thy ProfpeB yields ; Whole Vales of Fruit-trees give our Eyes Delight, Yet fcorn alone to gratify the Sight $ Beneath the Load the tender Branch (hall bend, And the rich Juice regale its Majlers Friend, C Thy 18 POEMS Thy Tafte refin'd appears in yonder Wood, Not Nature torturd, but by Art improv'd : Where cover d Walks with open Vijids meet, An Area here, and there a Jhady Seat. A thoufand Sweets in mingled Odours flow From blooming Flowrs which on the Borders grow. In num'rous Streams the murm'ring Waters thrill, Uniting all, obedient to thy Will ; Till, by thy Art, in one Canal combin'd, They thro' the Wood in various Mazes wind ; From thence the foaming Waves fall rapid down, In bold Cafcades y and lafh the rugged Stone. But here their Fury loft, the calmer Scene Delights the fofter Mufe, and Soul ferene > An ample Bafon, Centre of the Place, In Lymph transparent holds the fcaly Race ; Its glaffy Face, from ev'ry Ruffle free, Reflects the Image of each neighboring Tree y On On fever al Occajtons. ig On which the feather d Choir melodious, throng, By Love infpir'd, unite in tuneful Song ; Their tuneful Song the echoing Woods refound, And falling Waters add a folemn Sound : Sure this the Mufes haunt % 'tis hallow'd Ground !„ Here could the Mufe for ever fpend her Days, And chant, in humble Rhymes, the Owners Praife> How, by his Art, young Myr a * fhall no more Her S t ii e phon \s Letter loft, with Sighs deplore, Unjuftly jealous of her faithful Swain, Whilft he expedts the kind Return in vain : ' How from the \ Mountain's rocky Sides he drew A thoufand fhining Palaces to view : Temples, and Hofpitals in ev'ry Land, From Age to Age, his Monuments fhall ftand. * Mr. Allen contrivd and fettled the Crofs-Po/l, by which means Letters are now convey d to a great many Towns fafely, which ujed for- merly to mi/carry oftener than they were received. \ Quarries, C z Envy 20 POEMS Envy itfelf fhall die, and fickle Fame, When he is dead, do Juftice to his Name. Had I or P i n d a r's Wing, or Homer's Fire; Vi r g i l's true Greatnefs, or foft Horace' Lyre ; Could I, like tuneful Pope, command the Nine Did my Verfe flow, and, as it flows, refine ; Thus would I fing : But O, with Grief I find My feeble Pen but faintly paints my Mind ! Myfelf unequal to the great Defign, The Tafk to abler Poets I refign. On feveral Occafions* 21 To Dr. Oliver, Who corrected my Bath Poem. HILE rafh, unknowing of Parnajfus Height, The Croud ill-judging, and her partial Friends, Or veil her Faults, or blindly Each commends : While the juft Critics filent Cenfure fhow ; Blame this dull Thought, that Diction much too low: Cautious and trembling, now me fears to fly ; You plume her Wings, and bid her boldly try Yet blindly wand'ring, when me aims to rife, You clear the Mift of Error from her Eyes ; You fmooth her Verfe, and blot th > unmeaning Line, Improve the Thought, and aid the lame Defign. My Virgin Mufe attempts th' unequal .1 Flight 5 C 3 With 22 POEMS With Chymic Art the Chaos you divide, Extract the Spirit, bid the Phlegm fubfide % Correct, new-range, precipitate, confine; Yours is the Skill, the mean Materials mine. You, her Apollo, gave the Mufe her Fire : Whene'er fhe pleafes, 'tis when you infpire ; Ev'n Pope approv'd, when you had tun'd her Lyre. The Debt of Honour bid me not conceal ; I'll dare your Friendfhip, and the Truth reveal, No bafe Ingratitude mall taint my Name $ I'll keep my Virtue, tho' I lofe my Fame. My honeft Pride difdains to fteal the Bays, Or, like the Moon, to ihine with borrow'd Rays« The greateft Merit that my Mufe can fhew, Is that fhe fcands correct and fair by you. Not only Fame, but Health, to you I owe : When my Joints trembled, and my Pulfe beat \o\v % When all my Friends had took a parting Sigh, And Tears dropt filent from a Parent's Eye ; On fever al Occafions. 23 Tho' neither Youth nor Beauty was my Friend, Nor Gold nor Fame couid tempt, yet you attend - 9 While foft Compaflion languifh'd in your Eyes, And gently breath'd in fympathetic Sighs. PureGoodnefswing'd your Feet, infpir'd yourTongue* Soft were your Accents, but your Reas'ning ftrong. Heav n bade me live, and you prefcribe the Way $ To you, next Heav'n, my grateful Thanks I pay. And now I breathe, and live, and fing anew And owe my Breath, and Life, and Song to You. 24 POEMS A Letter to the Right Honourable the Lady RUSSEL, Written at her Ladylhip's Defire, on the Converfation at Breakfaft, , A T my low Cottage, on a chearful Morn, When flanting Beams did ev'ry Scene adorn ; By Goodnefs prompted, Native of their Breafts, Sir Harry and my Lady were my Guefts. My Treat was homely, and my Table final], My Cloth and Difhes clean, and that was all ; For thus it fuited to my low Eftate ; Twere infolent to imitate the Great. HumVous our Talk, and innocently gay ; Oilr Subjects various ; Manners, Men, and Play, And On fever al Occajtons* 25 And Love, and Wedlock: This our fav 'rite Theme, And each to their own Fancy form'd the Scheme ; u Maid ! faid Sir Harry, come, it's Time to wed 5 m " Improv'd by Learning both of Books and Men 5 4 His Genius witnefs'd by his well-known Pen ; « c True to his Country, and fair Virtue's Caufe ; P Unaw'd, unbrib'd, by Pow'r, or by Applaufe ; " From Superftition and Profanenefs free ; " His Fortune equal to himfelf and me. « This 26 POEMS c c This Praife to C — — his Friends allow is due ; u And Part, dear Farmer, I believe of you/' The P—~ , abfent, could not fpeak his Mind; But the young Farmer, complaifant and kind, Bowel, fmil'd, and drank my Health: An Omen fair! But, ah ! a young and fairer Maid was there. I fear my Rival's Charms, I fear her Art : Each ferve to move, and both to win his Heart. Th u s far in Mirth. — But now for fteady Truth $ I'm climb'd above the Scale of fickle Youth. From Pain of Love I'm perfedly at Eafe ; My Perfon Nature never form'd to pleafe. Friendfhip's the fweeteft Joy in hu'man Life : Tis that I wifh — and not to be a Wife. Th u s, Madam, your Command I have obey'd In artlefs Lines : Of Cenfure not afraid : Your On fever al Occajions. 27 our Goodnefs will accept my humble Lays ^ 'ontent with this, I feek no better Praife 5 Lough as the Road on which I gave them Birth, )ull as the clouded Morn, or barren Heath, f ainly I wifh, oh could I tune my Song iweet as your Name, and as your Virtue ftrong ! With Pleafure I'd the grateful Theme purfue 3 Jut, I ciefpair — And humbly bid, Adieu, 28 POEMS To Mrs. Boteler, A Defcription of her Garden. T TOW charming is this little Spot, A Difpos'd with Art and Tafte ! A thoufand Beauties intermix'd, Prepare the Eyes a Feaft. 0 The lovely Limes in ample Rows, With Woodbines climbing round, A ihining Gravel Walk inclofe, Where not a Weed is found. The Crocus, Primrofe, Daffodil, And Cowjlip fweet, I fing ; And fragrant purple Violet, Ail Harbingers of Spring. On fever al Occaftons. The mulky lovely blufhing Pink, yonquil with rich Perfume ; Tulips that vie with Iris' Bow, And Balfams annual Bloom. Th' immortal Pea, fair 'Emone, And beamy Marigold, And Polyanthus (lovely Tribe !) Their various Blooms unfold. The Gardner's Pride Ranunculus, Bell-flow V ethereal-blue, The Rofe Campion, and golden Lupe, And Wonder of Peru The Amarayiths, as Poets ling, That Ju n o deign 'd to wear, That in Hefperian Gardens fpring, Bloom fair and fragrant here. 30 POEMS The Lily fair as new-fall'n Snow ; All thefe the Borders grace : And Myrtles, Rofes, Jejfamins^ With Fragrance fill the Place. A Groop of dwarfifh Apple Trees Appear, a fairy Scene, Loaded with Fruit ; fuch Pa r i s gave To Venus, Beauty's Queen. Stately the rifing Mount appears, With tow'ring Elms oerfpread ; Whofe gently waving Branches form, At Noon, a cooling Shade. The Laurel Plant, the Victor's Crown, And Bays by Poets worn ; The parti-colour d Philaroy, And Afoy-perfuming Thorn. On fever al Occajions. Thefe line the Walks, and make the Bounds All verdant young and fair : All fpeak the Owner s Judgment good, And praife the Gard'ner's Care. Faint Emblem of a fairer Mind, That over all prefides : For ev'ry Virtue's planted there, And ev'ry Adtion guides. 32 POEMS. A F O E M on the Princefs Amelia. In Anfwer to Damon, who invited the Nymphs of Bath to fing her Praife. Tf YARK ! Damon calls, I lead the Way: Ye Nymphs of Bath, come, aid my Lay ; Come, ftrike the trembling String : Amelia's Name fo fweetly flows, Her Face fuch wond'rous Goodnefs fhows, Who can refufe to fing ? Her Prefence, like the Sun benign, Sheds Bleffings where fhe deigns to fhine ; And brightens all the Place : But when the Goddefs difappears, Our drooping Heads, and Eyes in Tears, Will witnefs our Diftrefs. Oh! Q?i feveral Occaftons. 33 Oh ! would the Mufes aid my Wing, Apollo tune my Voice to fing ! I'd take the lovely Theme ; Amelia's Name the Vale mould fill, And echo back from Hill to Hill, Sweet as her rifing Fame. While envious Foes in vain repine, May Britain^ blefs'd in Brunswick's Line, Still Europe's Balance fway ! Till Plenty, Liberty, and Peace, Shall fill the World— till Fadtion ceafe, And Eardi refound the Joy, D Tp 34 POEMS To the Reverend Dr. S . An Invitation to a Morning Walk in the Spring. ? | VHE piercing Cold, the ftormy Winds, And dropping Rains of Winter gone ; The genial Sun new warms the Earth, And brings the fertile Seafon on. The Morning Breezes foftly blow, Aurora gilds the Meadows fair. Gentle and imooth the Rivers flow. And balmy Sweets perfume the Air. The towYing Lark expands her Wing, The Birds in Concert ail combine - And, as they glide thro' Air, and fing, They call your fweeter Voice to join. 2 Come, On fever al Occaftons. Come, bring the Mufes in your Train ; Let grave Philofophy attend ; And true Religion, kind and plain : They'll all accompany my Friend.- All Nature, fmiling, feemstofay; As fhe ne'er had deny'd, fo fhe never repented. She lov'dthe\vholeSpecies,butfome haddiftinguifhcl} But Time, and much Thought, had all PafTion ex- [tinguxih'dt Tho' not fond of her Station, content with her Lot; A Favour receiv'd fhe had never forgot. S Le rejoic'd in the Good that her Neighbour poffefs'd; And Piety, Purity, Truth, fhe profefs'd. She On fever al Occafions. 41 She liv'd in much Peace, but ne'er courted Pleaiurcj Her Book, and her Pen, had her Moments of Leifure. Pleas'd with Life, fond of Health, yet fearlefs of Deaths Believing fhe loft not her Soul with her Breath. 42 POEMS A Letter to Lady F . From the Other World. ^ X^ROM the Elyjian Fields I fing, Where ever blooms the balmy Spring y From rofeat Groves, and myrtle Shades, That not a fultry Beam invades. Each Grove with heav'nly Mufic ring?, And Odours rife on Zephyrs Wings: Mild Glory lightens all the Bow'rs, And pureft Pleafure wings the Hours ; While cryftal Streams, incircling, flow Thro' all the flow'ry VaLes below ; That in the fofteft Murmurs thrill Adown each flow-defcending Trill - } Where On fever al Occaftom. 43 Where grows immortalizing Fruit, For ever giving frefli Recruit. No drowfy Slumbers clofe the Eyes In thefe gay Regions of the Skies ; Nor Dream a frightful Form ailumes, Imprefs'd by indigefted Fumes 5 Nor aching Head from heated Brain j Difeafe, nor, its Attendant, Pain. Here no defpairing Lover dies 5 "1 No bafe Deluder cheats with Lyes, ; > Nor come or jealous Cares or Sighs ; J Nor Eye e'er drops a briny Tear ; For Truth and Love are native here. Each Spirit has his Tafk affign'd, As pleafes beft, or fuits his Mind. Some to the central Sun defcend ; Some to the neighb ring Planets tend j Nor fome fo fmall a Space can bound, As does old Saturn's annual Round 5 But 44 POEMS But thro' the vaft unbounded Space, Their Maker's Works with Rapture trace. Of this fmall Surface lofing Sight, Amidft Ten thoufand Worlds of Light, Some tune their golden Harps, and fing The boundlefs Glories of their King; Or how from Chaos Nature rofe ; How central Fires thefe Scenes fhall clofe ; How, at the laft important Day, Ail fnall the Trumpet's Voice obey^ With Horror fome, and fome with Joy. Some on the kindeft Errands fly, Adown the azure hilly Sky ; And whifper C e l i a in the Ear, Thele Britons took for Fairy Elves : The Genius was the Pagan Name ; They gave their Bards and Sages Fame j And Milton, Pope, and Dry den, find; And Clarke and Newton thefe infpird : Nor Strephon, nor does C e l i a know, But from themferves their Reas'ninf;?. flow. By Sounds fo gently we pervade, "1 So unperceiv'd the Trace is made, S And, Piclure to the Mind convey cL J Tins Mcflage, F— , to you I bear; You were my Friend, are now my Care. Your On fever al OccaJtGns. Your fprightly Wit, that all admire, Is an unlicens'd lawlefs Fire f Reftrain its wild impetuous Ccurfe, And give your Reafon all its Force : And let that Reafon be your Rule ; Things facred bear no Ridicule. Be to your better Self but true ; Then ev ry Grace will fhine in Yen. 43 P O E M S. "To Mrs. Shales. "IT'LL not fatigue Belinda's Ear, With telling her, " She's fair : " Thofe Sounds fo often me muft hear Of Shape, and Face, and Air ; Of Neck, as white as falling Snow j And Eyes, that Love infpire : What her Glafs tells her, fhe muft know, And Repetitions tire. Befides, the Nymph has too much Senfe, To pride in Goods lb frail \ Sses Beauty round befet with Harms, And fears left fome prevail : Left On feveral Occafions. Left flatt 'ring Tongues in fair Difguife Should Vanity inftili : Obferves herfeif with watchful Eyes, And fhuns the baleful 111 : Bids Caution wait on Innocence, Left Malice dare to blame ; Or Envy, with envenom'd Breath, Should taint her lovely Name. She knows, that evry Hour that flies, Brings Age upon its Wing ; And that ungrateful Word, She was ! Has Venom in its Sting. She thanks kind Heav'n, that made her fair 5 And knows that Heav'n defign'd That lovely Form me wears, to grace The Beauties of her Mind. E 5 o POEMS So, when the fparkling Brilliant's fet In Silver, Alining Ore; It adds fmall Value to the Stone, But makes it pleafe the more, On fever al Occafons. $i To Mrs. Stephens, THOU, SodVry Houfe, my lov'd, my fweet [Retreat ? And all the Beauties that furround the Seat - y Where Nature fmiles in all her fertile Pride 3 Demand'ft my Song, and Truth fhall be my Guide. Scarce Eden's Garden more divinely fair 5 Alike in Fragrance is thy balmy Air. When bow'd by Sicknefs nigh the gloomy Grave, Thy Air reviv'd, and Heav'n vouchlafd to feve. Rev'rend by hoary Age, and old in Fame, Unknown its Founders Family and Name, The Fabric ftands, a venerable Seat ! Juft in the Centre of a fair Eftate ; E 2 That 52 POEMS That wide its hofpitable Door extends, Capacious to receive a thoufand Friends. The Owner's Soul, like Goodnefs, unconfin'd, DirTufe; wide her Favours on her Kind. Her gen'rous Breaft fcarce other Pleafure knows, Than what reflects from thofe that fhe beftows. She knows with ftricteft Prudence how to fpend ; Still frugal to herfelf, and noble to her Friend. Fair verdant Avenues the Houfe adorn And double Courts the bold intruder warn : For great Beneficence is oft opprefs'd ; And thofe that can't deny, can feldom reft. Wide arched Portals grace the folemn Hall ; Where wait the Poor, as their DiftrefTes call : Nor call in vain, but of Affiftance fure : If hungry, fed ; if fick, they find a Cure. But view the Parlour 5 here Defcription's faint ; Its Beauties languifh in my lifelefs Paint. Its wide Dimenfion, well-proportion'd Height, With plealing Awe command and charm the Sight. Here Oliver, in Britain's Annals fam'd, Frowns awful, yet intrepid and untam'd. This Piece a Son of Spain could fcarce furvive 3 The Canvas fpeaks \ 'tis Oliver alive ! From the broad Windows fee the Scenes extend : Till on the diftant Hills the Skies defcend, Within, around, exotic Flow'rets bloom x Fair Indian Spices fhed a rich Perfume. Nor lefs, ye lovely Natives ,of our Ifle, Your Scenes delight me, or your Bloffoms fmile, The fragrant Jeffamin, and blufhing Rofe, The Woodbind^ Lily x and the Pink difclofe. Yet livelier Beauty in their native Soil ; Shed fweeter Fragrance, and require lefs Toih Here hanging Gardens rich with Fruit appear The golden Apple, and the mellow Pear, And nicer Plants their fpreading Arms extend, To tempt the gathering Hand of ev'ry Friend, E 3 C 54 POEMS On the fmooth Terras, fet with Ever-greens, I walk, delighted with the lovely Scenes ; Where Groups of Trees around are artful fpread, And meet in verdant Arches o'er the Head. Amidft the awful Shades, from Grove to Grove, In Noon-day's Heat fecure and cool, I rove - 9 Whence Clouds of Birds purfue their airy Way, When dawning Beams proclaim the riling Day j Rous'd from their leafy Beds, they hail the Light. I gaze, delighted with the Sound and Sight ! And wait their w r ifh'd Return with riling Night. Here rifes on the Plain a fpreading Town Part the Sun gilds, and Part the Shades imbrown, See, gently gradual, yonder Hills arife ; Till blue the laft, and hid among the Skies* Along the Side an ancient City fpreads, Churches and Gothic Spires ereft their Pleads* Here Seats unnumber d interfpers'd appear, With vocal Woods, and Corn with golden Ear. On fever al Occajions* 55 Gay Plenty, with her ever-fmiling Face, And graceful Beauty, dreffes all the Space. The loaded Veffei there fecurely rides On Severn^ proudly rolling back her Tides Carrying our Plenty to each diftant Shore, Exchanged for foreign Wine, and golden Ore. The diftant River courts the wandring Eyes, Till the wide View in ancient Cambria dies. Cambria ! whofe hardy Sons were true and bold, Scorn 'd to be Slaves, their Freedom never fold ^ But chofe to live on barren Cliffs their own, Difdain'd more fertile Fields, for Roman Mafters fown. Here view the wide-extended Concave bound The haughty Hills, that guard the Vallies round. What grateful Thoughts thofe awful Camps infpire!" Once a dread Scene of War, and Blood, and Fire ! When conquVing Romans fat in Triumph there, And Death flew hifling thro' the frighted Air : The flaughter'd Nauves fpread the V alleys wide, And drench'd the Meadows with a crimfon Tide. E 4 Now 5 6 POEMS Now Peace her downy Wing fpreads o'er the Scene. " The Camps lie harmlefs on the level Green. > The Noife of War is hum'd, and all a fweet Serene. - Not Cowper s-Hill a more delightful Theme, That f miles in Den ham's Song, for ever green; Nor Wmdfor Forejl, ever fair and gay, Immortaliz'd by Pope's harmonious Lay j Nor fanfy'd Scenes in Fable Stories told, By modern IJards, or the inchanting old, Have greater Charms than Sodtiry, dear Retreat ! " Serenely bleft, here could I fix my Seat : But I muft wander with unwilling Feet. Thus Adam took his laft, his farew r el Round 5 And mourning left fair Edens happy Ground. Happy and long may here the Owner live. To tafte thofe Pleafures which me loves to give ! Long, by her wife and fair Example, flicw, How Peace and Joy from filent Order flow ! With chearful Health and Friendihip ever crown 'd, And deal out BlefSngs to the Country round ! On fever al Occafions. A SONG. ~XT OUNG Celia was fprightly and gay, Had the Bloom of Fifteen on her Cheel, Her Lovers came flocking each Day. And a thoufand fond Things they would Ipe: She, giddy and thoughtlefs, gave Ear To the Tale of each flattering Tongue ; And thought me was bleft to appear In a Circle of Lovers fo young. Thus, elate with the Conquefls fhe gaind, She negledted to ac~t with a Grace ; And thought, that her Triumph for Life Was fecure by the Charms of her Face : 58 POEMS While Cynthia, more modeft and coy> Not a Lover yet boafts in her Train ; Which Celia with Pleafure ebferv'd, And delighted to give the Nymph Pain. Her Lovers grew cold, and dropp'd off, As her Folly increas'd \vith her Years ; When Time had her Beauty defac'd, They left her to Wrinkles and Tears ; While Cynthia took care to fupply, With each Grace, the fwift Ccnqueft of Time • And was much more belov'd in Decay, Than Celia was e'er in her Prime. Her Mind, with each Virtue replete, Had enamoufd a right-judging Swain ; Who fought her to make them both bleil ; And frill is uniivaH'd her P^eigm All On fever al Occafions. All ye Fair, that attend to my Song, Be ye warned by Celia's ill Fate : Think the Graces to Beauty belong ; Left, forfaken, you court them too late. 6o POEMS To Mrs. Moor. A Poem on Friendship, Written in 17 J^RIENDSHIP! the heavnly Theme If Source of the trueft Joy ! From Senfe fuch Pleafures never fpring, Still new, that never cloy. JTis facred Friendjhip gilds our Days, And fmooths Life's ruffled Stream : Uniting Joys will Joys increafe, And, fharing, leffen Pain, Tis pure as the ethereal Flame, That lights the Lamps above -> Pure, as the Infant's Thought, * from Blame ; Or^ as his Mother's Love. On federal Qccajiom. From kind Benevolence it flows, And riles on Efteem. Tis falfe Pretence, that Int'reft fhows, And fleeting as a Dream. The Wretch, to Senfe and Self confin'd, Knows not the dear Delight - y For gen'rous Friendfhip wings the Mind, To reach an Angel's Height. Amidft the Croud each kindred Mind True Worth fuperior fpies $ Tho' hid, the modeft Veil behind, From lefs difcerning Eyes. From whofe Difcourfe Inftru&ion flows ; But Satire dares not wound : Their guiltlefs V oice no flatt'ry knows, But fcorns delufive Sound. 62 POEMS While Truth divine infpires each Tongue, The Soul bright Knowlege gains : Such Adam afk'd, and Gabriel fung, In heavnly Milton's Strains. Such the Companions of your Hours* And fuch your lov d Employ ; Who would indulge your nobleft Powrs, But know no guilty Joy. And thus, as fwift-wing'd Time brings on Death, nearer to our View Tun'd to fweet Harmony our Souls, We take a fhort Adieu ; Till the laft Trump's delightful Sound Shall wake our fleeping Clay : Then fwift, to find our Fellow-fouls, ; Light, we hafle away. On feveral Occafions. 63 On my Recovery, 0 D of my Life, and lengthen'd Days ! To Thee my Breath I owe. Teach me my grateful Voice to raife, In Sounds that fweetly flow. 1 When, finking to the filent Grave, My Spirits dy'd away ; Thy quick'ning Word new Vigour gave f Thy Voice commands my Stay. Jn my Diftrefs to Thee I cry'd, When toffing in my Bed ; Thou fent'ft thy Mercy to my Aid, And eas'dft my aching Head. 5 Thou 6 4 POEMS. Thou bad'ft the vital Current flow In a lefs rapid Tide ; My dancing Pulfe beat calm and low»- And fev 'rifh Heats fubfide. Thou lend'ft to my Phyficiaa Skill, Right Med cines to apply ; And my Difeafe obey'd thy Will, The painful Symptoms die. Xhat Life, which thou haft longer fpan I would devote to Thee. O let thy S p i r i T be my Guard, Till I thy Face lhall fee ! On feveral Occafions. My W I S H. "^^TOULD Heav'n indulgent grant my Wifh For future Life, it mould be this : Health, Peace, and Friendfhip I would fhare 5 A Mind from Bufmefs free, and Care ; A Soil that's dry in temp'rate Air - 3 A Fortune from Incumbrance clear, About a Hundred Pounds a Year ; A Houfe not fmall, built warm and neat, Above a Hut, below a Seat ; With Groups of Trees befet around, In Prcfpe£t of the lower Ground, Beneath the Summit of a Hill, From whence the guming Waters trill, 1 - ■ ' , t ' • : '^M 66 POEMS In various Streams, that winding flow To aid a River juft below \ At a fmall Diftance from a Wood, And near fome Neighbours wife and good, There would I fpend my remnant Days 3 Review my Life, and mend my Ways, I'd be fome honeft Farmer's Gueft, That with a cleanly Wife is bleft : A friendly Cleric mould be near, Whofe Flock and Office were his Care : My Thoughts my own, my Time I'd fpend In writing to fome faithful Friend : Or on a Bank, by purling Brook, Delight me with fome ufeful Book, Some Sage, or Bard, as Fancy led ; Then ruminate on what I'd read. Some moral Thoughts mould be myTheme^ Or verdant Field, or gliding Stream ; Or Flocks, or Herds, that Shepherds love 5 The Shepherds would my Song approve. On fever al Occafons. No Flatt'ry bafe, nor bafer Spite, Not one loofe Thought my Mufe mould Nor vainly try unequal Flight. Great George's Name let Poets fing, That rife on a fublimer Wing : I'd keep my Paffions quite ferene, My Perfon and Apartment clean. My Drefs not flovenly, but mean. Some Money ftill I'd keep in Store, That I might have to give the Poor : To help a Neighbour in Diftrefs, I'd fave from Pleafure, Food, and Drefs I'd feed on Herbs, the limpid Spring Should be my Helicon — I'd fing - y And be much happier than a King : Thus calmly fee my Sun decline ; My Life and Manners thus refine ; And acting in my narrow Sphere, In chearful Hope, without one Care. I'd quit the World, nor wifh a Tear, 68 POEMS To Mifs M O O R. On her FIRE-SCREEN. w HEN gloomy Winter s clad in Snow, Without one chearful Shade of Green y When one blank View is all the Show, And not a Leaf or Flower feen 5 When now the fhiv'ring feather'd Throng To diftant warmer Regions fly, Or wanting Food, or chill'd with Froft, Or by the fatal Powder die ; You, my young Fair one, of your own A new Creation can provide ; Your Flow'rs gay blooming as in May, Your Trees the iharpeil Frofl abide. The On feveral Occajlons. The Flow'rs ne'er fade, nor drop the Fruits, Nor fades the Verdure of the Fields ; All the gay Seafons, in one Scene, The ever-pleafing Profpedls yields. 'Tis true, the Mufic of the Birds Efcapes your Art, nor ftrikes your Ear : But fee them perching on the Trees, As if delighted to be here. Your tender Mind's a fertile Soil ; May all the Graces flourish there ! May Modefty protect the Whole, And, as your Face, your Name be fair ! 7° POEMS On Mr. B< -s Garden, To Mrs. S > I your Commands I own Obedience due, And fain would paint this fair inchantingView: A Palace, Centre of the Garden, ftands, No common Structure, rear'd by vulgar Hands ; But fhews a Matter's Skill, a Work complete, And fpeaks the Founder's Name, and Fortune great, The ftately Front commands th' admiring View $ Grand its Defign, and its Proportion true : No coftly Folly, no expenfive Wafte ; Strong, but not heavy 5 noble, but not van 1 ; Finifh'd with Judgment, furnifh'd with a Tafte. Vain my Attempt to paint the charming Scenes, The Park, the Grove, the Terras, and the Greens ; Four- i On feveral Occajtom. Fountains, Canals, Cafcades from tow ring Slopes ; The grand Variety confounds my Hopes : Here Art o'er Nature mews a noble Pride, With Beauty cloathes the barren Mountain's Side ,; The Planter's Skill the nodding Forefts mow, Where fcarce a Shrub was ever known to grow. From Summer's Heat the Hills provide a Shade. In Winter Shelter, when cold Winds invade. Yet what were thefe but empty 7 , all in vain To eafe an aching Heart, or Head in Pain ? Did Envy or Ambition rack the Breaft, % The Day would yield no Joy, the Night no Reft $ One Vice, indulg'd, would caft a Gloom around, Cloud all the Profpedt, poifon all the Ground, But here true Happinefs is underftocd, The noble manly Joy of doing good Here fterling Truth, calm Temperance, and Love, Lead from thefe plealing Scenes to thofe above, F 4 To 72 POEMS To nobler Structures, built by Hands divine, Where Suns unclouded o er the Profpect Ihine ; Where Mildews blaft not, nor chill Frofts annoy, No Rains can rot, nor eating Worms deftroy j Within thefe Walls fuch Happinefs refides: Thus Fame reports — What can they wiih befides ? The poor fhall blefs them, all the Wife (hall hail, And Heav'n approve \ their Joys can never fail. Late may they peaceful to their Graves defcend, And Heav n to all their Offspring prove a Friend ! On feveral Occasions. 73 To Mrs. Jacob, On her Seat calVd The Rocks, in Gloucefterfhire. Jk T eafy Diftance from the Town, ^ An hofpitable Seat From Croud and Noife there ftands retir'd, A fweet and cool Retreat ; Securely feated on a Rock, Whence filver Streams defcend, From Cliffs, the Ruins of old Time, And murmur as they bend. The ancient Honours of the Wood Adorn and guard the Pile ; At humble Diftance down it fees The fruitful Valleys fmile. Here 74 POEMS Here Woods and Shades, and Grots and Giades, Feel fultry Summer mild j Diverfify'd a thoufand Ways, And beautifully wild. When we, amidft the Shades below, From the fteep Hill defcend, Where cryftal Streams in Mazes flow, That tow ring Elms defend ; Like Pluto's Regions, wrapt in Gloom, We think the darkfome Way, That ends in the Ely/tan Plains, Fair, flow'ry, calm, and gay. 1 Romantic Views thefe Profpects yield, That feed poetic Fire ; Each broken Rock, and Cave, and Field, And Hiil, and Vale, infpire, Thefa On feveral Occajions. Thefe various, gay, delightful Scenes Like Paradife appear - y Serene as Ev'ning Sky my Soul, And hufh'd is ev'ry Care. A thoufand Birds, foft- warbling, join The Mufic of the Trees ; Whofe waving Boughs, and whilp'ring Leaves, Play wanton in the Breeze. The happy Genius of the Place Infpires with fofteft Joys ; And Contemplation, pure as Light, My raptur'd Soul employs. Within the Gates new Scenes arife, Which equal Joys difclofe ; There Beauty, Goodnefs, Friendfhip fmiles, And gen'rous Plenty flows* 7 6 POEMS To Mrs. WARD. QjAPPHIRA'sLines, with Wit and Humour fraught, Pure as her Morals, fprightly as her Thought, Fill'd with Compaffion for the Poor diftrefs'd, And flowing from a grateful gen'rous Breaft, MyMufe would ling — But Swift approves her Lays, Apollo's Swift anticipates my Praife. Will Delia pardon, if I dare rehearfe Her Strephon's Praife in my unpoliflfd Verfe ? Whofe Soul's replete with Learning, Senfe, and Truth; Himfelf alone unknowing of his Worth: Graceful amidft Sapphira's Works he (lands, Pre-eminent, and ev'ry Eye commands j Who fings with Genius, Elegance, and Art, To warm the Paflions, and inlarge the Heart. Sublime On fever al Occajions. 77 Sublime in Sentiment, in Didtion pure, His fhall the Critic's keeneft Pen endure ; And ftand the Rage of conqu'ring Time fecure. A Fop let others chufe, or Wretch they hate > To ev'ry Joy prefer a large Eflate, With Toys and Equipage; while Truth and Mind Is Delia's Tafte, and fhews her Soul refin'd. The Wife muft Delia, and her Choice, approve, Who would great Merit recompence with Love. Good Senfe muft Honour, Friendfhip, Faith, fecure. While the rich Fool grows fickle, falfe, impure. With fuch a Friend what Woman would not daA To flake fome Fortune, and the reft to fhare ? To hear Truth flow, melodious, from his Tongue, And have her Name immortaliz'd in Song? Such Force of Merit muft fuccefsful prove : Bays crown his Head, while Beauty crowns his Love. T O - [ 79 ] T O Mr. LEAKE. Mr. Leake, ABOUT Two Years ago, at the Importunity of Mrs. J , juft after the Affair happened, I wrote this Tale. That Lady made it fo public, that it now grows troublefome, and has tired my Pen to tranfcribe: Send it to the Prefs, and add it to my other Trifles, if you pleafe. Nor can C so ] can this at all affe£l my Epitaph ; for, to fuppofe a Man can be a Lover at Sixty, is to expe£t May-Fruits in December. But Efteem and Friendlhip often borrow that Name, [ 8i ] A TRUE T A L E. To Mrs. J— s. Written at her Requefi. TT^HY, Madam, muft I tell this idle Tale ? You want to laugh. Then do fo, if you wilL Thus take it, as it was ; the beft I can : And laugh at me, but not my little Man : For he was very good, and clean, and civil ; And tho' his Tafte was odd x you own, not evil. You know, one loves an Apple, one an Onion 5 "1 One Man's a Papiji -> one is a Socinian : > We differ in our Ta/ie, as in Opinion. J Not often Reafon guides us ; more, Caprice, Or Accident, or Fancy : So in this. G His ,HIs Per/on pleas'd, and honeft was his Fame ; 'Tis true, there "was no Mufic in his Name j But, had I changed for A> the Letter U, It would found grand, and mufically too ; And would have made a Figure ; at my Shop I faw him firft, and thought he'd eat me up. I ftar'd, and wonder d who this Man could be, So full of Complaifance; and all to me: But when he'd bought his Gloves, and faid his Say, He made his civil Scrape, and went away. I never dream'd I e er {hould fee him more ; Glad when he turn 'd his Back, and fhut the Door. But when his wond'rous MefTage he declar ct> I never in my Life was half fo fcar*d ! Fourfcore long Miles* to buy a crooked Wife J Old too ! I thought the oddeft thing in Life : And faid, Sir, youVe in Jeft, and very free ; But, pray, how came you> Sir, to think of tne? This C 83 3 This civil Anfwer 111 fuppoie was true % " That he had both our Happinefs in View* " He fought me as one form cl to make a Friend, u To help Life glide more fmoothly near its End 2 " To aid his Virtue, and diredl his Purfe ; which he had read 5 to gild my Days. I dare not put to Sea fo near my Home, Nor want a Gale to waft me to my Tomb. The Smoak of Hymens Lamp may cloud the Skies And adverfe Winds from difFrent Quarters rife. I want no Heaps of Gold - y I hate all Drefs, And Equipage. The Cow provides nw Mefs. TSs true, a Chariofs a convenient Thing ; But then, perhaps, Sir, you may hold the String,, [«5] I'd rather walk alone my own flow Pace, Than drive with Six, unlefs I chufe the Place. Imprifon'd in a Coach, I mould repine : The Chaife I hire, I drive, and call it mine. And, when I will, I ramble, or retire To my own Room, own Bed, my Garden, Fire; Take up my Book, or trifle with my Pen ; And, when I'm weary, lay them down again : No Queftions afk'd no Matter in the Spleen-~ I would not change my State to be a Queen. Your great Eftate would nothing add to me, But Care, and Toil, and Lofs of Liberty. Your Offer does me Honour, I confefs ; And, in your next, I wifh you more Succefs. And thus this whole Affair begins and ends: We met as Lovers, and we parted Friends. FINIS. BOOKS Printed for, and Sold by, James Leake, Bookfeller in Bath. j. 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A Collection of Treatifes relating to the City and Waters of Bath. Containing, 1. A Difcourfe of the Bath, and the Hot Waters there. Alfo fome In- quiries into the Nature of the Water of St. Vincent's Rock, near Briftoh, and that of Caftle Cary, 2. A Century of Obfervations ; containing farther Difcoveries of the Na- ture of the Hot Waters at Bath. With the Contents, Property, and Diftinction of each Bath in particular. 3. The Lives and Characters of the Phyficians of Bath, from the Year 1598 to 1676. 4. An Apology for the Bath being an Anfwer to a late Inquiry into the right Ufe B 0 O KS printed for J. Leake, Ufe and Abufes of the Baths of England, &r. With fome Reflections on Frefli Cold Bathing, Bathing in Sea- water, and Dipping in Baptifm. : 5. The Regifter of Bath ; or, Two hundred Obfervations, containing an Ac- count of the Cures performed, and Benefits received, by the Ufe of the Hot Waters of Bath-, as they, for the moft part, came under the Author's 27 Years Experience and ( Obfervation. By Thomas Guy dot, M. B. late Phyfician .at the Bath. To which is added, Therm* Rediviva or, The City of Bath defcrib'd, &c. By Henry Chapman, Gent. 11. The Hijlory and Memoirs of the Bath Contain- ing Obfervations on what Cures have been there wrought, both by Bathing and Drinking thofe Waters. An Ac- count of King Bladud, faid to be the firft Founder of the Baths. With a Philoibphical Preface, of feveral Experiments and Remarks relating to the Origin, Qua- lity, and Nature of Baths in general, and thofe in par- ticular, By Robert Pierce, M. D. near Sixty Years Phy- fician in Bath. 12. A New Essay on the Nerves, and the Doctrine of the Animal Spirits rationally confider'd ; fhewing the great Benefit and true Ufe of Bathing, and drinking the Bath Waters, in all Nervous Diforders and Obitruc- tions : With Two Dissertations on the Gout and on Digefticn, with the Diftempers of the Stomach and InUf Jiines. By D. Bayne, alias Kenneir, of that Ilk, Phyfician at Bath, and Fellow of the Roya] College of Phyficians at Edinburgh. 13. Twenty- five Sermons preach'd upon feveral Sub- jects and Occafions. To which is annex'd, A iriort Cha- racter of the Right Rev. Father in God Dr. George Hooper, late Bifhop of Bath and Wells. By Thomas Coney, D. D. Prebendary of Wells, Vicar of Overfiowey, ard Rector of Chedzcy in Somerfetfoire. The fecond Edition. 14. The Devout Soul: Or, An Entertainment for a Penitent : Confuting of Meditations^ Poems, Hymns, and Prayers^ BOOKS printed for J. 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The fourth Edition, Revifed and Corrected by an Eminent Hand. 20. Cato Major. A Poemu^on the Model of Tul* ly's Effay of Old Age. In Four Books. By Samuel Ca- theral, M. A. Fellow of Oriel College in Oxford, and Prebendary of Wells. Price is. 6 d. 21. The Apprentice's Fade Mecum\ or, Young Man's Pocket Companion. In Three Parts. Part I. Containing ufeful Comments and Obfervations on the Covenants en- tered into by Mafter and Servant, by way of Indenture ; wherein that wife Obligation is confidered Article by Ar- ticle. With fome occafional Remarks on Playhoufes ; and particularly on One lately erected. Part II. Contain- ing general Rules and Directions for a young Man's Beha- viour in his Apprenticeship. Familiarly addrefs'd to the Youth himfelf. Part III. Some brief Cautions to a young Man againft the Scepticifm and Infidelity of the prelent Age, which enfnare the Minds, and debauch the Morals, of the Youth of this Kingdom. Wherein the Eifential Principles of Christianity are laid down and vin- dicated in fo intelligent and forcible a manner, as mayferve for a Prefervative againft the contagious Infidelity of the prefent Age, and enable a young Man to give a Reafon for his Faith. Addrefs'd to the Right Worfhipful the Chamberlain of London. The whole calculated for the mutual Eafe and Benefit both of Mafter and Servant, and recommended to the ferious Confideration of all Pa- rents, Bf/. who have Children that they defign to put out Apprentice. Price i s. 22. An Experimental Hiftory of Road Water in Wllt- foire, with a Ihort Mechanical Account of its Virtues, and of Chronical Diftempers. In a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Derham, Canon of Windfor, F. R. S. By Stephen mitmms, M. B. 2 3 . The Meafure of Cbrijlian Beneficence, and the Ufeful- kejs and Hectjjfty of Ccmmifficns for Char liable Ufes-. A Ser^ MQN BOOKS printed for J. Leake. mon preach'd in the Abbey-Church at Bath, May 18. 1735. before the Commifiioners for Charitable Ufes for the County of Somerfet. By Thomas Bowyer y M. A. Vi- car of Martock in Somerfetjhire. 24. Obfervations in Phyflc, both Rational and Prac- tical \ with a Treatife on the Small-Pox. By Thomas A$- pe/ly? M. D. formerly Fellow of St. John's College, Cam* bridge. 25. The English Instructor: Or, The Art of Spelling Improv'd. Being a more plain, regular, and eafy Method of Teaching Young Children, than any ex- tant. In Two Parts. The Firft, Containing Mono- Jyllables, expreffing the moil natural and eafy Things to the Apprehenfions of Children with common Words, and Scripture Proper Names, alphabetically ranged, with their proper Accent, and divided according to the Rules of Orthography. 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Now firft publifhed in order to cul- tivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of both Sexes. In Four Volumes. The feventh Edition. 29. CLARISSA-, or, The History of a Young Lady : Comprehending the mod Important Concerns of Private Life ; and particularly mewing the Diftreffes that may attend the Mifconduct both of Parents and Children, in Relation to Marriage. In Eight Volumes, Twelves \ Seven Octavo. 30. The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Seiies of Letters publifhed from the Originals. By the Editor of Pamela and ClariJJa. Seven Volumes, Twelves, Six in Octavo. 31. A Colledlion of the Moral and Instructive Sen* ttm 'its, Maxims, Cautions, and RefieElions, contained in the Fliitories of Pamela, Clarijfa, and Sir Charles Gran- difon. Digeftcd under proper Heads; with Reverences to the Volume and Page, both in the Octavo and Twelves, in the respective Hiftories. 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An Enquiry into the Medicinal Virtues of Bath* Water, and the Indications of Cure which it anfwers. Propofed and begun by George Randolph, M. D. 40. A Treatise on the Bath-Waters, wherein are difcovered the feveral Principles of which they are com- pofed ; the Caufe of their Heat ; and the Manner of their Production. By Rice Charlton, of Bath, M. B. F. R. S. 41. An Essay on the Hydrophobia. To which is prefixed, The Cafe of a Peribn who was bit by a mad Dog had the Hydrophobia *, and was happily cured. By Chrijiopher Nugent, M. D. in Bath. 42. Letter to a Lady on Card-playing on the Lord's T)oy. , 43. Britain's Alarm, from the Continuance of the Contagion among the Cattle, and other more afflicting and important Evils threatening and befalling us. 44. The Origin of Building on the Plagiarifm of the Heathens detected. In Five Books. 45. An Essay towards a Defcription of Bath. In Two Volumes. The Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. 46. A Dissertation upon the Orders of Columns, and their Appendages. The Whole conftituting the Orders of Architecture. Interfperfed with a brief Ac- count of the various Kinds of Intercolumnation obferved by the Ancients ; and illuftrated with proper Draughts, from Twenty-three Copper-plates, engraved by Mr. Paul Fourdrinier. Compiled for the Ufe of Artificers in the Building Trades. 47. Choir Gaure, vulgarly called Stonehenge, on Salif- iury-plain, defcribed, reftored, and explained. In a Letter to the Right Hon. Edward late Earl of Oxford^ and Earl Mortimer. Tbefe four by Mr. John Wood, Architecl in Bath. BOOKS printed for J. Leake. 48. Philofophia Brttannica; or, A New and Compre- hend ve Syftem of the Newtonian Pbilofophy, Aftronomy^ and Geography. 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