ADVERTISEMENT.

The following VARIATIONS are taken from a MS. communicated by a Gentleman of Taste in Ireland; and are published as a Specimen of Mr. POPE'S Alterations of the Verfes of his Friend, fuch as he has himself given of his own Verses, in the latest Editions of his Works.

ALTERATIONS

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P. [POPE'S EDITION.

M. [MANUSCRIPT.

Pag. 2. Ver. 26.

P. Where mingled whiteness glow'd with fofter red. M. Where lovely whitenefs glow'd with mingling red. Pag. 4. After Ver. 14. the MS. reads thus:

Whatever fhining gemms the Nymphs by land,
What orient pearl the Nymphs by fea command.
-After Ver. 20. reads thus:

Fine links in golden chains for bracelets hung,
Gay buckles sparkling round about the tongue,
And brazen pins, a num'rous aid on earth,
From whence new turns of fashion find a birth;
But chief the mirrour-

Pag. 5. After Ver. 2. the MS. reads thus:

On which diffembl'd Nature feem'd to yield
Her painted gardens in a filken field,)

-Ver. 24.

P. Women have time to facrifice to pride.

M. Not born to labour Women live to pride.

In the manufcript, at the end of every fix lines thro' the whole Song of the Fates, the two first lines of it come in as a burthen.

Pag. 7. After Ver. 10 the MS. reads thus:

For women pain❜d to conquer when they yield,
But keep from empire while they keep the field:

-Ver 16.

P The fatal gift, her tempting felf unknown!
M. The faithlefs gift, her faithless self unknown!
-After Ver. 22. reads thus:

What rocks, what shelves within her bosom hide,
Ah' where the wrecks are frequent leave to ride.
Pag. 8. Ver. 13.

P. The days of whining, and of wild intrigues,
M. The days of whining court, the wild intrigues,
-After Ver. 18. reads thus:

Expence on fashions tho' the wealth decay,
Tho' ftill we see the danger, fret, and pay;
The curfe of jealoufy; the curse of strife;
-After Ver 24. reads thus:

As men who failing touch on Libyan land,
See brinded Panthers fcour the defart fand,
Fierce Wolves and Tigers wand'ring fwains engage,
And fcaly Dragons fill the realm with rage;
If ftill the diftant breaks are heard to roar,

Much what they view they dread, and fear for more. Fag. 10. Ver. 8.

P. And thus infcribes the moral on the fand.

M. And thus the point reversing graves the fand.

S ON G.

Pag. 12. The MS. reads thus:

HYRSIS, a young and am'rous (wain,

TH

Saw two, the beauties of the plain,
And both their charms prepar'd a chain,
And both his heart fubdue;

Gay Caelia's eyes appear'd so fair,

They dazzl'd, while she pull'd the snare;

Sabina's easy shape and air

With fofter magic drew,

He haunts the stream, he haunts the grove,
Where-e'er the friendly rivals rove,

Lives in a fond romance of love,

And seems for each to dye;

'Till each a little spiteful grown,

They make their faults to Thyrfis known,
Sabina Caelia's fhape run down,

And fhe Sabina's eye.

Their envy made the shepherd find
Thofe eyes which love cou'd only blind,
Thus both the chains of both unbind,
And fet the lover free:

No more he haunts the grove or stream,
The flow'ry walk of either dame,
Or with a true-love knot and name,

Engraves a wounded tree, &c.