Shalt mourn, whilft I, with nobler flames, pursue Some nymph as fair, tho' not unjust, as you; Whose wit, and beauty, fhall like thine excel, But far furpass in truth, and loving well. But wretched thou, who-e'er my rival art, That fondly boasts an empire o'er her heart; 50 Thou that enjoy'st the fair inconftant prize, And vainly triumph'ft with my victories es; Unenvy'd now, o'er all her beauties rove, Enjoy thy ruin, and Neæra's love: Tho' wealth and honours grace thy nobler birth, To bribe her love, and fix a wand'ring faith; 56 Tho' ev'ry grace, and ev'ry virtue join, T'inrich thy mind, and make thy form divine; Loft, and abandon'd by th' ungrateful fair, Laugh at thy fate, and triumph in my turn. 60 } TO A CANDLE. ELEGY. BY WILLIAM CONGREVE, ESQ. THOU watchful taper, by whose filent light Like thine, my flames to my destruction turn, Born 1672; dyed 1729. 16 HORACE, BOOK II. ODE IV. IMITATED. THE LORD GRIFFIN TO THE EARL OF SCARSDALE. BY NICHOLAS ROWE, ESQ. Do I. o not, most fragrant earl, disclaim But publickly espouse the dame, II. Full many heroes, fierce and keen, 5 Some who with you have Hounslow seen, * Born 1673; dyed 1718. III. Did not base Greber's Pegg* inflame Of fober fire defcended? That careless of his foul and fame, To play-houses he nightly came, And left church undefended. IV. The monarch who of France is hight, Loves Maintenon, his lady bright, Who was but Scarron's leaving, V. Tho' thy dear's father kept an inn, For carriers at Northampton; Than e'er that father dreamt on. VI. Of proffers large her choice had fhe, Which the with fscorn rejected: And can a nymph fo virtuous be 15 20 25 30 * Signiora' Francefon Margareta' de l'Epine,' an Italiam VII. Her dimple cheek, and roguish eye, I always thought provoking; VIII. Then be not jealous, friend, for why? To fee I ne'er shall hurt ye; Befides, you know full well, that I 35 40 |