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STATE DUNCES.
INSCRIBED TO

Mr. PO P E.

 

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Barb --- and M-n-rs of State. 8 W I F T.

 

 

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STATE DUNCES.

WHile cringing Crowds at faithlefs Levees wait,
Fond to be Fools of Fame, or Slaves of ’Sté’tc,
And others, f’tudious to encreafe their Store,
Plough the rough Ocean for Peruvian Ore;
How bleﬁ thy Fate whom calmer Hours attend;a _
Peace thy Companion, Fame thy faithful Frienaﬂsl 7
While in thy Twick’nlmm Bowers devoidot Came.
You feafl the Fancy and enchant the Ear,
Thames gently rolls her ﬁlver Tide along,
And the charm’d Naiades lifted .to thy Song;

Here peaceful pafs the gentle Hours away,
While tuneful Science meafuxes out the Day 3
Here happy Bard, as various Fancies lead,
You gain: the blooming Maid, or flow’ry Mead!

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.§Ourrtl%tlie rough Clangour of tumultuous Wdr, *f '
"0r Sing the moi/yd Tendril: of theFair-I‘ § ‘
now melting move the-tender Tearto ﬂow. -,
And rr‘mke our Sighs with Eloifa’s woe. 11
But chief to Dulnefs ever, Foetleereed,
The Ape: of §cience with thy Satire bleed ; 1-

rers, Poets, Panders, mingle in the Throng,
Smart with thy Touch, and tremble at thy Song. *3 "5

Yet vain, 0 Pope! is all thy fharpeﬁ Rage,
Still {larv’ling Dances pet-fecute the Age 3
Faithful to Folly, or enrag’d with Spite,

Still taﬂelefs Timon: build, and Tiééulds write;
1, 1- Still Wet/{earl tunes his Beeréinfpir’d Lays;

ﬁnd Roﬁpb, in Metre, howls forth Stanbope’s Praife: I

_* Homer. § Rape-of the Lock. “Eloifato Abelard.
«1- Dunciad. ‘H‘ Epiﬁles.

.1. f Still Welﬂeaa’i Two Authors, remarkable For no;
And Ralph, thing [0 much as ‘the Figure they
make in the Dunciad 5 where Mr. Pope has condeicendedto
drag them fromObfcurity, and damn them with Immar-
nifty; yet they have both ventur’d out in Print ﬁncc they
were enter’d Dunces on Record; the one in a few had Ver-
fes againﬂ MLPope’s Taf’te, the other in a dull Epif’cle to
Lord C/aeﬁ’erﬁeld; but both thefe Pieces areas entirely loll:
to Fame an'd Memory, as their Authors are toModcﬁy and
Common Senfe. ' ‘ '
, ﬂying; Ah!

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Ah! haplef: Viétim to the Poet’s Flame, ,
W hile his Eulogiums crucify thy Fame.

Shall embrio Wits thy ﬁndious Hours engage,
Live in thy labours, and prop/cam thy Page 5
While Virtue, everolov’d, demands thy Lays,
And clai ms the tuneful Tribute of thy Pratife ;
Can Pope be ﬁlent, and not grateful lend,

’ One Strain to ﬂag the Patriot, and the Friend;
Who nobly anxious in his Country’s Caufe,
Maintains her Honours, and defends her Laws 2
Could I my Bzrd but equal Numbers raife,

Then would Iﬁngwfor oh i I burﬁ topraffe;
Sing how a Pulteney charms the liﬂ’ningThrong,
While Senate: hang enraptur’d on his Tongue 5
With Tully‘s Fire how each Oration glows,

In Tully's Muﬁck, how each Period ﬂows;
lnftruét each Babe to lifp the Patriot’s Name.

Who in each Bof om breathes a Roman Flamﬁ.

So when the Genius of the Roman A ge
Ste m’d the {trong Torrent of tyrannic Rage:
In Freedom’s Caufe each glowing Email hewarm’d,

And like a Pulxemy, then a 8mm: charm'd. '
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How, bleﬁ, while We a Brité/I: Brutus fee;
And all’hhe Roman ﬂahd eonfeﬁ in Thee!
Equal thy Worth, but equal were thy Doom,
To fave Britannia as he refcu’d Rome 5
He from a Tarqm'n fnatch’d the deﬁin’d Pxey».

Britannia {ﬁll laments a W.__’s Sway.

Arife my tuneful Bard, nor thus in valn
Let thy Britannin, whom thou lov’ﬁ, complain:
If Thou in moanful Lays relate her Woe,
Each Heart {hall bleed; each Eye with Pity ﬂow :
If to ReVCnge you {well the founding Strain, l
Revenge and Fury ﬁre each, Britiﬂ; Swain:
Obfeqﬁious to thy Verfe each Breaﬁ' men move.
0r burn with Rage, or {often into Leve.

0 let Britannia be her Poet’s Care 1!
And lafh the Spoiler, while you lave the Fair.
Lo! where he ﬁends, amidf’c the [crude Crew;
Nor Bluflzes (lain hisVCheek with crimfon Hue,
While dire C ormftion all aréund he lpreads,
And e’ryduéﬁle Conﬁience captive leads:

Brib’d by his Booms, behold the 1mm! Band. ‘
' Worfhip the Idol they could oncevcomm‘and :
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So Britain’s now; as ffudab’s Sons before;
Fixﬂ: raife a GOLDEN» CALIF, and then adore.

Let dull Pameﬁ‘an Sons of Rhime, no more
L Provokeﬁthy Satire, and employ thy Power 5
New Obieéts rife to [here an equal Fate,
The big, rich, mighty, Dunn: of the State.
Shall Ralph, Cooke, mlﬂead, then engrofs thy Rage,
While Courts afford a H..._., T———-, or G...— 5
Dame/3 no more roofts only near the Sky,
But Senates, Drawing-rooms, with Garrets vye ;
V Plump Pairs, and breadlels Bards, alike are dull.
" . 3t. Samos’s and Rag-Fair, club Fool for Fool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amidﬁ the mighty Dali, behold how great
Au Appiu’s {Wells the Tiébald of the State;
Long had he (trove to {pread his lawlcfs Sway
O’er Britain’s Sons, and force them to obey ;
But blaﬁed all his blobming Hopes, he ﬂies
To vent his Woe, and mourn his l6ﬁEx—fe.

I Penﬁve be ﬁt, and ﬁgh’d, while round him lay
Loads of dull Lumbee, all infpir’d by Pay :

Here,

 
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Here, puny Pamphlets, {pun from Palate: Brains 3
There, the {mooth Jingle oi Cook’s lighter Strains;
Here Walﬁngham’s {oft lulling Opiates fpread 5
There gloomy Osburn’s Quinteﬂence of Lead :
With thefe the Stanfman ﬁrove to cafe his Care,

To footh his Sorrows, and divert Defpair;
But long his Grief Sleepf‘s gentle Aid denies,

 

 

 

 

At length a {lumbrous Briton clos'd his Eyes.

 

Yet vain the healingBalm oi downy Reft,
To chafe his Woe, or eaie his labouring Email 5
Now frightful Forms rife hideous to his View,
. More, Stmﬁ‘onl, Laud, and all the headlefs Crew 5
Dagger: and Halter: boding, Terror breeds,
And here a. Dudley (wings, there Wilding bleeds.

Now Goddeﬁ Dulnafs, watchful o’er his Fate;
And ever anxious for her Child of State,
From Couch of Down, ﬂow rais’d her drowfy Head,
Forfook her Slumhcrs, and to Appim fped.

Awake, my Son. Awake, the Goddcfs cries,
Nor longer mourn thy darling loft Ex - - fe 5
(Here the fad Sound unfeal’d the Statefman’s Eyes)
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Why (lumber: this my Son, appren: with Cattle,
While Dulneﬁ rules, fay, lhall her Sons defyéir 2
O’re all I fpread my univerfal Sway,

ngs, Pr '12:“, Pg‘Lrs, ancl Rulers all obey 5
Lo ! in the Church my mighty P‘oWer l thew,

 

 

 

 

 

In Pulpit preach,and {lumber in the Pew;

The Bench and Bar alike my Inﬂuence owns,

 

Here prate my Magpies, and there done my Dream
In the grave Dons, how formal is my Mien. I
Who rule the Gallipo‘ts of Warwickdane :‘

At Court behold me ﬂrut in Purple Pride,

At Hos/elegy roar, and in Crane-03:1” prefide.

But Chief in Thee, my mighty Power is feen‘,‘
’Tisl infp’ire thy Mind, and ﬁll thy Mien;

On Thee, my Child, my duller Ble‘fﬁngs fhed,
And pour my Opium o’er thy favourite Head;
Rais‘d Thee a Ruler at Britannia’s Fate,

And led Thee blundEring to the Helm of State.

 

Here bow’d the Statefman low, and thus addteﬂ 5
O Goddefs, fole Infpircr of my Breaﬁ !
To gall the Britiﬂ) Neck with Gallic Chain,
Long havel (trove, but long have {trove in vain 5
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While Caleb, Rebel to thy {acted Power,
Unveils thofe Eyes which Thou had’ﬁ curtain’d o’er 5

Makes Britain’s Sons my dark Deﬁgns forefee,

Blaft all my Schemes, and ﬁruggle to be free.

0 had my Projeéts met a milder Fate,

How had I reign’d a Baihaw of the State!

How o’er Britaﬁnia fpread m’ imperial Sway,

How taught each free-born Briton to obey!

No fmiling Freedom then had chear’d her Swains,

But Aﬁa’s Deﬁarts Vy’d with Albion’s Plains:

Turks, Vandals, BRITAIN ! then compar’d with Thee,
Had hugg’d their Chains, and joy’d that they were free 5 1
While wond’ring Nations all around had ieen

Me rife a Great Mogull, or Mazarin:

Then had I taught Britannia to adore,

Then led her Captive to my lawlefs Power.

Methinks I view her now no more appear

Firi’t in the Train, and Faireﬁ ’midﬂ the Fair ;

joylefs I fee the lovely Mourner lye, ‘
Nor glow her Cheek, nor fparkle now her Eye 5,
Faded each Grace, no fmiling Feature warm;

Torn all her Treffes, blighted ev’ry Charm ;

Nor teeming Plenty now each Valley crowns,

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5,2 we; are her Sons, and armleejs all her Towns.

  
 
    

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For this, Behold yon peeeeful Army fed;

For this, on Senam fee my Bounty ihed 5

For this, what Wonders, Goddefs, have I wrought !
How bully’d, beg’d, how treated, and hog'fougke 1
What wand’ring Maze of Error blunder’d thro’,

And how repair’d old Bll'mders (till by new !

Hence the long Train of never-ending Jars

Of warful Bearer, and of peaceful Wars,

Each myﬂic Treaty of the mighty Srore,

Which to explain, demands ten Treaties more :

Hence Scare-tram Naviesﬂeating Raree-Slaows, .3
And hence Iberia's Pride, and Britain’s Woes.

' Thefe wondrous Works, OGoddels, haveI done,

Works ever worthy Dame/'5’ fav’rite Son.

Lo! on thy Sons alone‘my Favours mower,
None (hate my Bounty that difdain thy Power :
Yon, Feathers, Ribbons, Titles light as Air,
Behold thy choiceﬁ; Children only {hare ,-

Each views the Pageant with admiring Eyes,
And fondly grafps the viﬁonary Prize;

Now proudly fpreads his Leading-firing of State,
And thinks to he a Wren}; is to be Great. ‘

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But tnrii, OGoddeis, turn thine Eyes andviewj
{the darling Leaders of thy gloomy Crew.

I-‘ull opén-mouth’d N..........e there behold,
’Aping a Tully” {well into a Scold,
Grievous to mortal Ear ;

 

As at the place
Where loudetongu‘d Virgins vend the fcaly Race.
Harih Peals of vocal Thunder ﬁll the Skies,
And Running Sounds in hideous Difcord rife;
So when he tries the wondrous Power of Noii'e,
Each haplefs Ear’s a vié‘tim to his Voice.
How bleft, O Cbejélden! whoie Art can mend;
Thofe Ears N

 

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give; SeeH——w n fecure in {Ilence ﬁt,

No empty Words betray his Want of Wit;
If Senfe in hiding Folly is exprefs’d;
0 H - n, thy Wifdom hands eonfefs’eh

 

To Dulmys ﬁcred‘ Caufe for ever true,
Thy darling Caledonia», Goddefs, View,
The Pride and Glgry of thy Scotia’s Plains,
And faithful Leader of her venal Swains,

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Loaded he moves, beneath a let-vile Weight;
The dull laborious Packborfe of the States
Drudges through Tracks of Infamy for Pg;

‘ And hackniesout his Confcieaee by the Day :,

Yonder behold the bufy park/3 Pm,
With Afpeét meagre andjmportant Airs .
His Form how gothlc, and his. Look: how. (age;
He feems the living Planet the Age.
Blel’t Form! in which alone thy Merit’s ieen,
Since all thy Wz‘fdom centet‘s in thy Mien!

Ilere E----—e 4—6—1: (for Senate: ﬁt)
And WW6} the Wife in Council ﬁt,
Here looby G n, G , 7», ever dull.

By Birth a Smyztor, by Fatea F - I.

 

 

 

While thefe, Britannja, watchful o’er thy State.
Maintain thine Honoutjs, and dirth thy Fate,
How {hall admiring Nations round adore,
Behold thy Greatnefs, tremble at thy Pow’n;
How Skew: come, invited by thy Fame,
Reyere thy Wifdom, and and thy Name;

L0! to you Bench now, Goddcfs‘ turn thiﬁc 31"“

And view thy Sons in folemn Dulnefs rife,

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  
  
   

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'All dusting, wrinkled, grave, and gloomy, fee
Each Fo~ in conieﬁ thy dull Divinity 5

True to thy Caufe behold each trem/var'd Sage
Increas’d in Folly as advanc'd in Age :

 

I Here Ck ‘ = 1" ' r, learn’d in myﬂie Prophecy,
Confuting Collins, makes each Prophet lie“:
Poor Wool/Eon by thy Smallérook there afiail'a,
Goals fure convinc’d him, tho’ the Prelate fail’d.

But chief Paﬂqriur, ever grave and dull,
Devoid of Senie, of Zeal divinely full,
Retails his Squibs of Science o’er the Town,
While Charges, Paﬂo mlr, thro’ each Street refound,
Thefe teach a heav’nly Sefu: to obey,
While thofe maintain an earthly Appius Sway.
Thy Gofpel Truth, Paﬁorim, croﬂ we Ice, *-
While God and Mammon’s ferv'd at once by Thee.

Who would not trim, fpeak, vote, orCoinfcience pawn,
To lord it o’er a See, and {well in Lawn 2
If Arts like thefc, O S ' '1 ink, Honours claim, . ‘-
Than Thee none merits more the Prelate’s Name:

 

"‘ A Prelste nored for writing Spiritual Paﬂorals and
Temporal Charges 5 in the one he endeavours to ferve the
Cauie of Chriﬁianity, in the other the Mammon ot a
Miniﬁry. .e aw: i: " ' 3

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Wond’ring behold him faithful to his Fee,

Prove Parliaments dependent to be free ;

  

In Senates blunder, ﬂounder, and difpute,
For ever reas’ning, never to confute.

_ Since Courts for this their fated Gifts decree,
Say what is Reputation to a See. 7

 

Lo! o’er yon Flood H- ‘- e cal’ts his low‘ring Eyes, ,1} ,1 e a
And wifhful fees the reverend Turrets rile.
While Lamheth opens to thylonging View,
Haplefs! the Mitre ne’er can bind thy Brow : i
Tho’ Courts mould deign the Gift, how wondrous hard
By thy owﬁDoétrines hill to be debar’d; ’
For if from Change * inch mighty Evil 1prings.
Tranﬂatiam fure, O H - - e! are ﬁnfulThings.

Thefe Rulers fee, and namelefs Numbers more%
0 Goddeis, of thy Train the choiceﬁ Store,

Who Ignorance in Gravity entrench,

‘ And grace alike the Pulpit and the Bench.
Full plac’d and penﬁon’d fee H - r-- o ﬁands, f‘ x .
Begrim’d his Face, unpurify’d his Hands 5 1 if 1 r‘

i * A noted Sermon preached on the 30th of january on
this Text, Woe Ive mm them that are given to Change, Sec,

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To Decency he {cams all nice pretenee,

And reigns ﬁrm Foe to Cleanlinels and Senfe.

How did H—raa BRITAIN’S, Came advance!

How mine the Sin-um and bafaon of France,

IuSenatcs now, how fcold, how rave, how mm:

or Treatgex run we tedious train-:row o’er !

How blunder out Whate’er {liouz‘d be conceal'd,

And how keep fecret what mould be reveal ’d I

T: ue Child of Lame/'5! lee him, Godd'ez’s, claim

Pow’r next myfelf, as men in Birth and Fame.

“2’Silence! ye Senates, while enribon’d r a»:
Pours forth melodinus Nothings from his Tongue!
How fweet the Accents play around the Ear,
Fotm’u of {month Periods, and of Well-turn’d Air!
Leave; gentle r--..e, the Senate’s dry Debate,

Nor labour’midﬂ the Laybrinths of State;

Suit thy {oft Genius to more tender Themes,

And ling of cooling Shades, and purling Streams 5
W’ith modem Sing-long murder ancient Plays, *
Or warble in (weer Ode a Brunfwick’s Praifc:

* This Gentleman, with the Alliftance of Rocme, Cone
mnemand leveral Others, committed a barbarous Murder
on the Body of an old Comedy, by tuxning it into a mac
elem Ballad Opera; which was {came exnibited on the
Stage, before it was thought neceﬂéry to be contraﬁed
into one A61. As this is the only living lnl’canec ol’ the
iurprizing Genius and Abilities-of their: Wits, I could not

forbear mentioning it.
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So {hall tb y Strains in purer Dulnef: ﬂow;
And Laurels wither on a C—bb-r’s Brow.

Say, can the Statefman weild the Poet’s Qiill,
And quit the Senate for Parnaﬂ’m’ Hill;

  

Since there no venal Vote a Penﬁon lhares,

 

 

Nor wants Apollo Lords Commifﬁoners.

There W and P
Firm in thy Caufe, and to thy Appim trues
Lo .' from their Labours what Reward betides !

One pays my Army, one my Navy guides.

 

 

,Goddefs, view, a f ‘5

To dance, drefs, ling, and ferenade the Fair,
“ Conduéi a Finger, or reclaim a Hair, __
O’er baleful Tea with Female§ taught to blame.
And lpread a Slander o’er each Virgin’s Fame ; ‘
Form’d for thefe {ofter Arts, {hall H..._.y (train; . 7 ’ t ‘ if 3‘ ‘
» With i’tubbom Politickt histender Brain! ‘ 'V
For Miniﬂers laborious Pamphlets write,
In Senates prattle, and with Patriots ﬁght!
Thy fond Ambition, pretty Youth, give o’er.

' Preﬁde at 13:113., old Falhionsloi’t reliores
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So ﬂail each Toilet in thy Caoic engage, '
And H——y mine a P.—~re,of the Age. ' ll

Behold a Star emblazon C._..n’s Coat,
Not that the Knight basV Merit, but a Vote.
And here! 0 Goddefs, numerous Wrongheads trace.
:Lur’d by a Penﬁon, Ribbon, or a Place.

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To murder Science, and my Caufe defend,
Now Shoals of Grubﬂfeet Garreteersdefcend;
F'rom Schools and Des/e: the writing Inieé’ts crawl, - y;
Unlade their Dulnefs, and for Afpiu: bawl.

Lot to thy darling Osborne turn thine Eye’s,
Sec him o‘er Politicks fuperior rife;
While Caleé feels the Venom of his Qiill,
.And wond’ring Miniﬁers reward his Skill:
Unlearn'd in Logic, yet he writes by Rule, v {9

 

And proxies himlelf in Syllogifm.” Fool 5

Now ﬂies obedient, war with Senfe to wage,

  
 
   

And drags th’ Idea thro’ the painful Page :
L‘mead, unanfwer’d, ﬁill he writes again, '
Still {pins the endleis Cobweb of his Brain 5
Charm’d
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Charm‘d with each Line, reviewing whathc'writ,

 
     

Bleﬂe$ his Stars, and wonders at his Wit.

Norlefs, O Wal/inghnm, thy Worth appears!
Alike in Merit, tho’ unlike in Years :
Ill-fated Youth ! what Stars malignant ihed

 

 

Their baneful Inﬂuence o’er thy brainlefs Head,
Doom’d to be ever writing, never read !_

For Bread to libel Liberty and Senfe,

And damn thy Patron weekly with Defence.
Drench’d in the [able Flood, 0 had’ﬂ thou ﬂill,
O’er Skins of Pagehment drove thy venal will,
At Temple AlebHoufe told an idle Tale,

And pawn’d thy Credit for a Mug of Ale;
Unknown to Appius then had been thy Name,
Unlac’d thy Coat, unfacriﬁc’d his Fame;

Nor vaﬁ unvended Reams would Peale deplore,

AsViétims deftin’d to the Common-Shore.

'Aa Dunce to Dance in cndlefs Numbers breed,
So to Contanen fee a Ralph fucceed,
A tiny Witling of thch Writing Days,
Full fam’d for tunelefs Rhimes, and {hortliv’d Plays,
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' Writcon, my *lmklefsBard, rcﬁiﬂ MEMm’d,‘
Tho’ burnt thy Journals, and thy Dramas damn'd ;
fTis Bread infpires thy Politicks and Lays, ,

Not Thirﬂ: of Immortality or Pmiﬁa.

Thele, Goddefs, View, the choiccﬁ ofthc Train;
While yet unnumbcr’d 13mm: {till remain, '
Deans, Critics, Lawyers, Bards, amoﬂey Crew;
To Dulmf: faithful, asto ‘Appiﬂ: true.

Enough, 7 the Goddefs cries, Enough I've (can 5

While thefc fupport, fecurc my Son {hall reign, y
Stillmalt thou blund’ring rule Britannia‘s Fate,

Still Grub-ﬁrm hail The: Miniﬂer e/ L Sum. ..

 

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