WINE 
 
 Nulla placere diu t nec vivere carmina pojjunt, 
 Qua Scriluntur aqua potortbus . 
 
 Epift. 19. Lib. 1 Hor> 
 
 LONDON*. 
 
 Iprinfed and Sold by II. Hills t in Black-Fry 
 Beat the Water-fide» 
 
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 O F HappinefsTerrefttial, and the Source 
 
 W hence human Pleafures flow, fing Heavenly Mufe> 
 Of fparfc ling juices, of th’ enliv’ning Grape, 
 
 Whofe quickning Tafte adds Vigour to the Soul, 
 Whofe Sov’raign pow’r revives decaying Nature, 
 
 And thaws the frozen Blood of Hoary Age 
 
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 A kindly warmth diffusing, Youthful fires 
 Gild his dim Eyes, and paint with ruddy hue 
 HisWrizzled Vifage, ghaftly wan before : 
 
 Cordial reftorative to mortal Man 
 
 With copious Hand by bounteous Gods bellow’d, 
 
 %acchus Divine, aid my adventrous Song, 
 
 That with no middle flight intends to foar. 
 
 Infpir’d, Sublime on Pegafean Wing 
 By thee upborn, I draw Miltonic Air. 
 
 When fumy Vapours clog our loaded Brows 
 With furrow’d Frowns, when ftupid downcaft Eyes 
 Th s external Symptoms of remorfe within, 
 
 Qur Grief exprefs, or when in lullen Dumps 
 With Head Incumbent on Expanded Palm, 
 Moapjng we fit, in filent forrow drown’d : 
 
 Whether Inviegling Hymen has trapand 
 Th* unwary Youth, and ty’d the GorJtan Knot 
 Qf jangling Wedlock lndtjfolubh * 
 
 Worried all Day by loud Xantippes Din, 
 
 And when the gentle Dew of fleep inclines 
 With flumbrous Weight his Eye-lids She inflam’d 
 With Uncloy’d Lull, and Itch Infatiable, 
 
 His Stock; exhaufted, ft ill yells on for more j 
 
 Nor 
 
Nor fails She to exalt him to the Stars, 
 
 And fix him there among the Branched rew 
 ( Taunts , and Arics^ and Capricorn , ) 
 
 The gteateft Monfter of the Zodiac \ 
 
 Or for the lofs of Anxious Worldly Pelf, 
 
 Or Celias fcornful flights., and cold difdain 
 Had check’d his Am’rous flame with coy repulfe. 
 
 The worft Events that mortals can befal ; 
 
 By cares deprefs’d in penfive Hypoijh mood. 
 
 With llowefl: pace, the tedious minutes Roll. 
 
 Thy charming fight, but much more charm in 8 
 
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 New Life incites, and warms our chilly Blood, 
 
 Strait with pert Looks, we raife our drooping Fronts^ 
 And pour in Chryftal pure, thy purer Juice, 
 
 With chearful Countenance, and fteady Hand 
 Raife it Lip-high, then fix the fpacious Riiti 
 
 T s expe&ing Mouth, and now with Grateful Tafi^ 
 The ebbing Wine glides fwiftly o’re the Tongue, 
 
 The circling Blood with quicker motion flies*. 
 
 Such is thy pow’rful influence, thou ftrait 
 Difpell’ft thofe Clouds that lowring dark eclips’d 
 The whilom Glories of our gladfom Face, 
 
 And dimpled Cheeks, and fparkling rolling Eyes, 
 Thy chearing Virtues, and thy worth proclaim. 
 
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 So M*fi* and Exhalation i that arife 
 
 From Hills or fteamy Lake, Dusky or Gray 
 
 Prevail, till Phabus fheds Titanian Rays, 
 
 And paints their Fleecy Skirts with Ihining Gold, 
 
 Unable to refill the Foggy Damps 
 
 That veild the Surface of the verdant Fields, 
 
 At the Gods penetrating Beams difperfe : 
 
 The Earth again in former Beauty fmiles. 
 
 In gaudieft Livery dreft, all Gay and Clear. 
 
 When dlfappointed Stephen meets Repulfe, 
 
 Scofft at, defpis’d, in melancholic mood 
 Joylefs he waits in fighs the lazy Hours, 
 
 Till Reinforc’t by thy Almighty Aid, 
 
 He Storms the Breach, and wins the Beauteous Fort, 
 
 To pay thee Homage, and receive thy Bleflings, 
 
 The Britijh Marriner quits native Ihore, 
 
 And ventures through the traftlefs vaft Abyfs, 
 
 Plowing the Ocean, whilft the Upheav'd Oak 
 
 With beaked Prow, Rides tilting ore the Waves * 
 
 Shockt by Tempeftuous jarring Winds fhe Rolls 
 
 In dangers Imminent, till lhe arrives 
 
 At thofe bleft Climes , thou favourlt with thy pre- 
 
 . , (fence*, 
 
 Whether, at Lufitanian fultry Coafts, 
 
 Or lofty Tcneriffi Palma, Ferro ^ 
 
 Provence^ Or at the Celtiberian Shores \ 
 
 With 
 
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 With gazing Pleafure and Aftonilhment 
 At Paradice , ( Scat of our antlent fire, ) 
 
 He thinks himfelf arriv’d, the Purple Grafc 
 In largcft Clufters Pendant, grace the Pines 
 Innumerous, in Fields Grottefaue and Wild 
 They with Implicit Curies the Oak entwine, 
 
 And load with Fruit Divine her fpreading Boughs, 
 Sight mod delicious, not an Irkiom Thought, 
 
 Or of left native ljle y orabfent Friends, 
 
 Or deareft Wife, or tender fucking Babe, 
 
 His kindly treacherous mem’ry now prdents •, 
 
 The Jovial God has left no room for Cares. 
 
 Celeftial Liquor, thou that didft infpire 
 Maro and Flaccus , and the Grecian Bard, 
 
 With lofty Numbers, and Heroic {trains 
 Unparalell’d, with Eloquence profound. 
 
 And Arguments Convincive didft enforce 
 Fam’d Tully y and Dejnoftbenes Renown’d : 
 
 Ennius firft fam’d in Latin Song, in vain 
 Drew Heliconian Streams, Ungrateful whet 
 To Jaded Mufe, and oft’ with vain attempt 
 Heroic Aftsin Flagging Numbers dull 
 With pains effay'd, but abjeft ftill and low. 
 
 His Unrecruited Mule could never reach 
 The mighty Theme, till from the Purple Font 
 
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 Of bright Len^anfiTC, Her barren drought 
 He quench’d, and with infpiring Ne&’rous Juice 
 Her drooping Spirits chear’d, aloft (he towres 
 Born on ftiff Pennons, and of Wars alarms. 
 
 And Trophies won, in loftieft Numbers lings : 
 
 ’T is thou the Heto’s bread: to Martial A&s, 
 
 And refolution bold, and ardour brave 
 Excit’d 1 , thou check’d: Inglorious lolling cafe, 
 
 And fluggifh minds With gen’rdus fires inflam’d, 
 
 0 thou , that firft my quickned Soul engag’d. 
 
 Still with thy Aid affid me, What is dark 
 Illumin, What is low raife and fupport. 
 
 That to the height of this great Argument, 
 
 Thy Univerfal Sway o’re all the World, 
 
 In everlafting Numbers, like the Theme 
 
 1 may record, and ling thy matchkfs Worth. 
 
 Had the Oxonian Bard thy Praife rehears’d. 
 
 His Mufe had yet retain’d her wonted height \ 
 
 Such as of late o’re Blenheims Field die foard 
 Aerial, now in Ariconian Bogs 
 She lies Inglorious floundring like her Theme 
 Languid and Faint, and on damp Wing immerg’d 
 In acid Juice, in vain attempts to rife. 
 
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 With what fublimeft Joy from noify Town* 
 
 At Rural Seat, Lucretibs retir’d* 
 
 Flaccus i untainted by perplexing Cares* 
 
 Where the white Foplar * and the lofty Tine 
 Join Neighbouring Boughs, fweet Hofpitable fhade 
 Creating, from Tbabean Rays fecure* 
 
 A cool Retreat, with few well chofen Friends 
 On flowry Mead Recumbent* fpent the Hours 
 In Mirth Innocuous* and Alternate Verfe! 
 
 With Rofes Interwoven* Poplar wreaths 
 Their Temples bind* drefs of Syheftrian Gods; 
 Choiceft NeBarian Juice Crown d largeft Bowles* 
 
 And overlook’d the lid* alluring fight, 
 
 Of fragrant Scent, attra&ive, taft Divine ! 
 
 Whether from Formian Grape deprefs’d* FaUrn 
 Or Setin^ Majfic, Gauran or Sabine * 
 
 Lesbian or Cxcuban, the cheating Bowl 
 
 Mov’d briskly round* and fpur’d their heightned 
 
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 To fing Mecanas praife their Patron kind* 
 
 But we> not as our Priftrin fires repair 
 T* umbrageous Grot or Vale, but when the Sun 
 Faintly from Weftern Skies his Rays oblique 
 Darts flopping, and to Thetis watry Lap 
 Haftens in prone Career* with Friends Seleft 
 Swiftly we hie to Devil Young or Old 
 
 Jocund 
 
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 Jocund and Boon, where at the entrance hands 
 A Stripling, who with Scrapes and Humil Cringe, 
 Greets us in winning Speech and Accent Bland; 
 With lighted bound, and fafe unerring hep 
 He skips before, and nimbly climbstheStairs : 
 Atfelampus thus, panting with lolling Tongue, 
 
 And wagging Tail, Gamblocs, and frisks before 
 His fequel Lord from penfive Walk return’d, 
 Whether in Shady VV ood, or Paftures Green, 
 
 And waits his coming at the well known Gate. 
 Nigh to the Stairs afeent, in regal Port 
 Sits a Majeftick Dame, whofe looks denounce 
 Command and Sovereignty^ with haughty Air, 
 And Studied Mien, in Semicircular Throne 
 Enclos’d, fhe deals around her dread Commands; 
 Behind her {Darling fight) in order Rang’d, 
 
 Pile above Pile C hr) (l allin Veffels fhine *, 
 
 Attendant Slaves with eager hr ide advance, 
 
 And after Homage paid, bawl out aloud 
 Words Unintelligible, noife confus’d : 
 
 She knows the Jargon Sound, and ftrait deferibes 
 In Chara&ers Myfterious Words obfeute; 
 
 More legible are Algebraic Signs, 
 
 Or Mjffiic Figures by Magicians drawn* 
 
 When they Invoke aid Diabolical . 
 
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 Drive hence the Rude and Barb’rous DilTonance 
 Of Savage Thracians , and Creator: Bnors j 
 The loud Centaurean BroiiCs with Lrfhha 
 Sound harfh, and grating to LenaanGoA : 
 
 Chafe brutal Feuds of Belgian skippers hence, 
 (Amid their Cups, whole Innate Tempers fliown) 
 In clumfy Fife wielding Scymetrian Knife, 
 
 Who flaih each others Eyes, and Blubber’d Face, 
 Prophaning Bacchanalian folemn Rites : 
 
 Muficks Harmonious Numbers better fuit 
 His Feftivals, from Inflrument or Voice, 
 
 Or Gafperini’s Hand the trembling firing 
 Should touch, or from the Tufian Dames, 
 
 Or warbling Tofts more foft Melodious Tongue 
 Sweet Symponies fhould flow, the Delian God 
 For Airy Bacchus is Affociate meet. 
 
 The Stairs Afcent now gain’d, our Guide unbars 
 The Door of Spatious Room, and creaking Chairs 
 ( To ear offenfive ) round the Table fets, 
 
 We fit, when thus his Florid Speech begins: 
 
 Name, Sirs, the WINE that moft invites your 
 
 (Tall, 
 
 Champaign or Burgundy , or Florence pure. 
 
 Or Hoc Antique, or Lisbon New of Old, 
 BourdeauX) or neat French White, or A lie ant ; 
 
 For 
 
For BourJeaux We with Voice Unanimous 
 Declare, ( fuch Sympathy’s in Boon Compeers. J 
 He quits the Room Alert , but foon returns. 
 
 One hand Capacious glift’ring Veffels bore 
 Refplendant, th* other with a grafp fecure, 
 
 A Bottle (mighty charge) upftaid, full Fraught 
 With goodly Wine, He with extended Hand 
 Rais’d high, pours forth the Sanguin frothy Juice, 
 O’refpred with Bubbles, diffipated foon : 
 
 We ftrait t’ our Arms repair, experienc’d Chiefs ; 
 Now Glaffes clalh with Glaffes, ( Charming Sound* ) 
 And Glorious AN N A* s Health the firft the belt 
 Crowns the full Glafs, at Her infpiring Name 
 The fprightly Wine Refults, and feems to Smile, 
 With hearty Zeal, and wifh Unanimous 
 The Health we drink, and in her Health our own; 
 
 A Paufe enfucs, and now with gtateful Chat 
 W’ improve the Interval, and Joyous Mirth 
 Engages our rais’d Souls, Pat Repartee, 
 
 Or Witty Joke our airy Senfes moves 
 To pleafant Laughter, ftrait the Ecchoing Rooni 
 With Univerfal Peals and Shouts refounds. 
 
 The Royal Dane , bleftConforf of the bleft SLUEENj 
 Next Crowns the Rubied Ne&ar, all whofe Blifs 
 
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 la ANNA" s plac’t, with Sympathetic Flame, 
 
 And Mutual Endearments, all her Joys, 
 
 Like the kind Turtles pure untainted Love, 
 
 Center in Him, whofliares the grateful Hearts. 
 
 Of Loyal Subjects, with his Sov’reign J^UEEN-, 
 For by his Prudent Care, united ftiores 
 Were fav’d from Hoftile Fleets Invafion dire. 
 
 The Hero Malbro next, whofe vaft Exploits 
 Fames Clarion founds, frefh Laurels, Triumphs new 
 We wifli, like thole he won at Hockftet's Field. 
 
 Next Devonshire Illuftrious, who from Race 
 Of Nobleft Patriots fprung, whole Soul’s endow’d. 
 And is with ev’ry Vertuous gift Adorn’d 
 That Ihon in his moft worthy Anceftors, 
 
 For then diftinft in fep’rate Breafts were feen 
 Virtues diftina, but all in him unite. 
 
 Prudent Go dolphin , of the Nations weal 
 Frugal, but free and gen’rous of his own. 
 
 Next Crowns the Bowl, with Faithful Sunderland , 
 And Halifax , the Mufes darling Song, 
 
 In. whom Confpicuous, with full Luftre ftiine 
 The fureft Judgment, and the brighteft Wit, 
 
 Hjmfelf Mecanas and a Flaceus too. 
 
 And all the Worthies of the Britijh Realm 
 
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 In order rang’d lucceeded, Healths that ting’d 
 The Dulcet Wine with a more charming Guft. 
 
 Now each the Miftrefs by whofe fcorching Eyes 
 Fir’d, tofts Cofmelia Fair, or Dulcibella , 
 
 Or Syfota Comely Black with jetty Eyes 
 Piercing, or Airy Celia fprightly Maid. 
 
 Infenfibiy thus flow VanumLer'J Hours 
 Glafs fucceeds Glafs, till the Dircean God 
 Shines in our Eyes, and with his Fulgent Rays 
 Enlightens our glad Looks with lovely Die ; 
 
 All Blithe and Jolly that like Arthur's Knights 
 Of Rotund Table, Fam’d in Priftrin Records., 
 Now moft we feem’d, fuch is the Power of Wine, 
 
 Thus we the winged Hours in harmlels Mirth, 
 And Joys Unfully’d pafs, till Humid Night 
 Has half her Race perform’d, now all abroad 
 Is hulk’d and filent, nor the Rumbling Noife 
 Of Coach or Cart, or fmoaky Link- Boys call 
 Is heard * butUniverfal Silence Reigns : 
 
 When we in Merry Plight, Airy and Gay, 
 Surpriz’d to find the Hours fo fwifely flie. 
 
 With hafty knock, or Twang of Pendant Cord 
 Alarm the Drowfy Youth from flumb’ring Nod * 
 Startled he flies, and humbles o’re the Stairs 
 Erroneous, and with bufie Knuckles plies 
 
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 His yet clung Eyelids, and with ftagg'ring Reel 
 Enters Confus’d, and Mutt’ring asks our Wills , 
 When we with Lib’ral Hand the Score difcharge. 
 And Homeward each his Courfe with lleady ftep 
 Unerring fleer’d of Cares and Coin bereft. 
 
 F I N I S.