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

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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 shining gemms the Nymphs by land,
What orient pearl the Nymphs by sea 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 seem'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,
Bu keep from empire while they keep the field:

Ver 16

P The fatal gift, her tempting felf unknown!
M The faithlefs gift, her faithlefs felf 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 8 reads thus:

Expence on fashions tho' the wealth decay,
Tho' still we fee the danger, fret, and pay;
The curfe of jealousy; the curfe of ftrife;
-After Ver 24. reads thus:

As men who failing touch on Libyan land,
See brinded Panthers fcour the defart fand,
Fierce Wolves and Tigers ward'ring fwain's engage,
And caly ragons fill the realm with rage;

If ftill the diftant breaks are heard to roar,

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

P. And thus infcribes the moral on the fand.

M. And thus the point reversing graves the fand.

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HYRSIS, a young and am'rous swain,
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 the pull'd the snare;
Sabina's easy shape and air

With fofter magic drew.

He haunts the stream, he haunts the
Where-e'er the friendly rivals rove,
Lives in a fond romance of love,

And feems for each to dye;

'Till each a little spiteful grown,

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They make their faults to hyrfis known,

Sabina Caclia's shape run down,

And the 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.

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