Now ftorms rich Conferves with voluptuous Tafte,
And faps the tender Tenements of Pafte.
As yet unharm'd the Epicure patroll'd,
And fearlefs o'er his filent Suburbs ftroll'd;
Luxurious Nights in pleafing Plunder pafs'd,
Nor dreamt that this was doom'd to be his laft.
For now the Time-the deftin'd Time was fent;
So Fate ordain'd, and who can Fate prevent?

Thick Shades once more had veil'd the haunted House, Once more from Coverts bolts th' adventrous Moufe, Lighting in evil Hour in Queft of Prey,

Where in a Groupe th' avenging Oyster lay:
A Fish commiffion'd from the watry Throng,
With Ligament of scaly Armour ftrong;
Lay with expanded Jaws, and gaping Shell,
(But who the fad Catastrophe can tell?)
The dainty Moufe, ftill craving fome new Difh,
Enters the gloomy Manfions of the Fish;
With Beard exploring, and with luscious Lip,
He longs the Pickle of the Seas to fip.
Rous'd by his Tusks, th' elastic Oyster fell,
Caught clofe the Caitiff's Head in watry Cell;
In vain the Victim labours to get free,
From Durance hard, and dread Captivity;
Lock'd in the close Embrace, enfnar'd he lies,
In Pill'ry fafe, pants, ftruggles, fqueaks, and dies.

Thus

Thus the juft Fate of his own Crimes he meets,
Like Rakes expiring in deftructive Sweets.

Now placed on high, the Mafter views the Prize,
And hails the Conqueft with exulting Eyes!
And when beneath fedate he fits and fmoaks,
And cracks his Nuts, his Bottles, or his Jokes,
This Tale he tells to grace the Christmas Pye,
And to the trophy'd Relicts points on high.

TRANSLATION of an ancient EPITAPH In the Cloysters of Winchester College.

E PIT A PH.

Laufus Johannes jacet hic fub marmore Clarkus,

Ca

Qui fuit hic quondam Presbyter et Socius.

In terrâ Rofeos folitus ftillare Liquores,
In cœlo vivis nunc quoque gaudet Aquis.

B

TRANSLATIO N.

Eneath this Stone lies fhut up in the dark,

A Fellow and a Prieft, yclept John Clark: With earthly Rose-Water he did delight ye, But now he deals in heavenly Aqua-vita.

T°

To Mifs Bell Cooke, of Eton.

I.

O please the Fair, in courtly Lays
The Poet plays his Part,

One tenders Snuff, Another Praise,

A Tooth-pick or a Heart.

II.

Alike They all, to gain their End
Peculiar Arts difclose,

While I, fubmiffive, only fend

An humble Pair of Hofe.

III.

Long may they guard from Cold and Harm,
The fnowy Legs that wear 'em,

And kindly spread their Influence warm
To every Thing that's near 'em.
M

But

IV.

But let it not be faulty deem'd,
Nor move your Indignation,

If I a little partial feem

In Gift or Commendation.

V.

Each fair Perfection to display

Would far exceed my Charter ;
My modest Muse must never stray
Above the Knee, or Garter.
VI.

And who did e'er a Bafis view
So worthy to be prais'd?
Or from fo fair Foundation knew
So fine a Fabrick rais'd?

VII.

Thou learned Leech, fage

fay,

Since spite of Drugs and Plaifters,

You now can talk the live-long Day

Of Pillars and Pilafters;

VIII.

You that for Hours have rov'd about,

Thro' Halls and Colonades,

And scarce would deign to tread on aught

But Arches and Arcades;

Did

IX.

Did you in all your mazy Round

Two nobler Pillars view?

What yielding Marble e'er was found
So exquifitely true?

X.

The fwelling Dome with ftately fhow
May many Fancies please ;

I view, content, what lies below

The Cornice and the Frieze.

XI.

The beauteous Twins fo fair, fo round,

That bear the noble Pile,

Muft fure proceed from Venus' Mount,
Or from Cythera's Ifle.

XII.

Propitious Fates, preserve 'em fafe,

And keep 'em fnug together,
And grant they may the Malice brave

Of Man as well as Weather.

Two Places from whence the Ancients brought Materials for their most noble Structures.