That Statesmen have the Worm, is feen By all their winding play; Ah Moore! thy fkill were well employ'd, If thou could't make the Courtier void O learned Friend of Abchurch-Lane, Our Fate thou only can'ft adjourn SONG SONG, by a Perfon of Quality. F Written in the Year 1733 I. Luttering spread thy purple Pinions, Gentle Cupid, o'er my Heart; I a Slave in thy Dominions; II. Mild Arcadians, ever blooming, Thus the Cyprian Goddefs weeping, Cynthia, tune harmonious Numbers; V. Gloomy Pluto, King of Terrors, Arm'd in adamantine Chains, Lead me to the Crystal Mirrors,. Watering foft Elyfian Plains. VI. Mournful Cypress, verdant Willow, VII. Melancholy fmooth Meander, With thy flowery Chaplets crown'd. VIII. Thus when Philomela drooping, See the Bird of Juno stooping; ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I Know the thing that's most uncommon; (Envy be filent, and attend!) I know a reasonable Woman, Handsome and witty, yet a Friend. Not warp'd by Paffion, aw'd by Rumour, Not grave through Pride, nor gay through Folly, An equal Mixture of Good-humour, And fenfible foft Melancholy. "Has the no faults then (Envy fays) Sir?" Yes, she has one, I must aver: The Woman's deaf, and does not hear. On On his GROTTO at Twickenham, COMPOSED OF.. MARBLE, SPARS, GEMS, ORES, and MINERALS. 'HOU who shalt stop, where Thames' translucent THO wave Shines a broad Mirrour through the shadowy Cave; 5 Approach. Great NATURE ftudiously behold! Soul. Let fuch, fuch only, tread this facred Floor, VOL. II. A a Το t To Mrs. M. B. on her BIRTH-DAY. OH, be thou bleft with all that Heaven can fend, Long Health, long Youth, long Pleasure, and a Not with those Toys the female world admire, Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content, VARIATION. Ver. 15. Originally thus in the MS. And oh fince Death must that fair frame destroy, In fome foft dream may thy mild foul remove, 5 15 20 Το |