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Far other Stars than * and * * wear,

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And may defcend to Mordington from Stair;
(Such as on Hough's unfully'd Mitre shine,
Or beam, good Digby, from a heart like thine)
Let Envy howl, while Heaven's whole Chorus fings,
And bark at Honour not conferr'd by Kings;
Let Flattery fickening fee the Incense rife,
Sweet to the World, and grateful to the Skies :
Truth guards the Poet, fanctifies the line,
And makes immortal, Verfe as mean as mine.

Yes, the last Pen for Freedom let me draw,
When Truth ftands trembling on the edge of Law;
Here, laft of Britons! let your Names be read;
Are none, none living? let me praise the Dead,
And for that Caufe which made your Fathers fhine,

Fall by the Votes of their degenerate Line.
F. Alas; alas! pray end what you began,
And write next winter more Effays on Man.

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IMITA

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HORACE.

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EPISTLE

EPISTLE VII.

Imitated in the Manner of Dr. SwIFT.

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IS true, my Lord, I gave my word,
I would be with you, June the third;
Chang'd it to August, and (in short)
Have kept it as you do at Court.
You humour me when I am fick,
Why not when I am splenetick?
In town, what Objects could I meet?
The shops shut up in every street,

And Funerals blackening all the Doors,
And yet more melancholy Whores :
And what a duft in every place?

And a thin Court that wants your Face,
And Fevers raging up and down,

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And W* and H** both in Town!

Uinque dies tibi pollicitus me rure futurum,
Sextilem totum mendax defideror. atqui,
Si me vivere vis fanum recteque valentem;
Quam mihi das aegro, dabis aegrotare timenti,
Maecenas, veniam: dum ficus prima calorque
Defignatorum decorat lictoribus atris :
Dum pueris omnis pater, et matercula pallet;
Officiofaque fedulitas, et opella forenfis
Adducit febres, et teftamenta refignat.

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