TO DR. ARBUTHNOT. 9 And now the Poem, which holds fo much of the DRAMA, and opens with all the diforder and vexation that every kind of impertinence and flander could occafion, concludes with the utmost calmness and ferenity, in the retired enjoyment of all the tender offices of FRIENDSHIP and PIETY [ 388 to the end.] P. HUT, fhut the door, good John! fatigu'd SHUT I faid, Tye up the knocker, fay I'm fick, I'm dead. Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. And now vile Poets rife before the light, And walk, like Marg’ret's Ghost, at dead of night. 5 a Written by one MALLOCK. Since rifen, by due degrees, from a maker of Ballads, to a maker of Lives. He made L. B.'s life, and by ill hap forgot he was a Philofopher: he is now about making the D. of M.'s. Be not furprized, therefore, gentle reader, if he fhould forget that his Grace was a General. This is he, to whom Mr. P. in his laft nefs, in spite of the Duchefs's prohibition, gave livery and feifin of APOLLO, in due form of Law. How they came to lay their heads together, to convey away Parnaffus to a ftranger, Mr. M. can beft tell. But it proved a bad bargain, and he has fince arraigned his dead Patron for a Cheat. Happy for him, Mr. P. had more Gods than one and, in the difpofal of his ftock, Apollo's fpurious fon, the French Phoebus, fell to his fhare; and he has found him not fo deaf to his invocation as the aforefaid God of verfe. SCRIBL. NOTES. VER. 1. Shut, fhut the door, good John!] John Searle, his old and faithful fervant whom he has remembered, under that character, in his Will. TO DR. ARBUTHNOT. 9 And now the Poem, which holds fo much of the DRAMA, and opens with all the disorder and vexation that every kind of impertinence and flander could occafion, concludes with the utmost calmness and serenity, in the retired enjoyment of all the tender offices of FRIENDSHIP and PIETY [. 388. to the end.] EPISTLE to Dr. ARBUTHNOT, BEING THE PROLOGUE P. ΤΟ THE SATI RE S. HUT, fhut the door, good John! fatigu'd SHUT faid, Tye up the knocker, fay I'm fick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnaffus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. NOTES. VER. 1. Shut, fhut the door, good John !] John Searl, his old and faithful servant: whom he has remembered, under that character, in his Will. VOL. IV. * B 5 APPENDIX VI. VERSIONS OF THE CHARACTER OF ATTICUS. I. THE CHARACTER AS PRINTED IN CYTHEREIA, PUBLISHED IN 1723. IF Dennis writes and rails in furious Pet, I wish the man a dinner and sit still : But should there one whose better stars conspire II. THE MS. AT LONGLEAT WRITTEN SOME TIME BEFORE 1724. If meagre Gildon draws his venal quill3 I wish the man a dinner, and sit still; 1 This is clearly a misprint for "hint." 2 The Translators of Homer, viz., Himself and Mr. Tickell. (Sic in orig.) 3 The "venal quill" in this line, shows that this version was posterior to that published in Cythereia. The alteration was probably made in consequence of the report that the If D-s rhymes and raves in furious fret, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the Throne ; Who when two wits on rival themes contest, While Fops and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise: III. CURLL'S MISCELLANY. 1727. If Dennis writes and rails with furious Pet, verses had been written after Addison's death, and shows that Pope had thus early formed in his mind the story by which he afterwards sought to rebut the damaging charge against him. VOL. III.-POETRY. N N Alike reserved to blame or to commend, IV. FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE. PUBLISHED IN THE MISCELLANY OF 1727. If meagre Gildon draws his venal Quill, Yet even this Creature may some Notice claim, Of Hairs, or Straws, or Dirt, or Grubs, or Worms : But wonder how the Devil it got there. Are others angry? I excuse them too, Well may they rage; I gave them but their Due. The Translators of Homer, viz., Himself and Mr. Tickell. 2 Curll, it will be seen, must have taken this version from some copy of the Character, differing both from that published in Cythereia and that sent to Lord Harley. Judging from the Fragment in the Miscellany, Curll's version was the earlier. |