ON Receiving from the Right Hon. the Lady FRANCES SHIRLEY A STANDISH AND TWO PENS. ES, I beheld th' Athenian Queen YES, Defcend in all her fober charms; "And take (the faid, and fmil'd ferene) "Take at this hand celeftial arms. Secure the radiant weapons wield; "This golden lance fhall guard Desert, "And if a Vice dares keep the field, "This fteel fhall ftab it to the heart." Aw'd, on my bended knees I fell, Receiv'd the weapons of the sky; And dipt them in the fable Well, The Fount of Fame or Infamy. "What Well? what Weapon? (Flavia cries) "But, Friend, take heed whom you attack; "Red, Blue, and Green, nay white and black, and all about your ears ܐ ،، Y 4 "You'd "You'd write as smooth again on glass, "And run, on ivory, so glib, "As not to stick at fool or ass, "Athenian Queen! and sober charmş ! "Come, if you'll be a quiet foul, "I'll lift you in the harmless roll "Of those that fing of these poor eyes." EPISTLE E PI S T L E то ROBERT EARL OF OXFORD, AND EARL MORTIMER, SENT to the Earl of Oxford with Dr. Parnell's Poems published by our Author, after the faid Earl's Imprisonment in the Tower, and Retreat into the Country, in the year 1721. S UCH were the notes thy once-lov'd Poet fung, For him, thou oft haft bid the World attend, Abfent or dead, ftill let a friend be dear, 5 10 15 Or, |