But though this ifle increas'd in wealth and power, Yet ftill her fplendid, her meridian hour Sprung from her kings, to vindicate her laws And, fix'd by virtue, firmly fix'd the throne. Already two their glorious course have run, Bleft in a confort, whofe illuftrious mind Seeft thou where proudly yonder spires + afcend; But future times will beft his deeds emblaze; *George the First and Second, + London. Yet Yet, in an empire of such vast extent, But foon, I trust, the æra will appear, When kindred blood to flow around shall ceafe; When treach'rous Gaul shall shake with guilty fear, And proud Iberia fupplicate for peace. SHEPHERD. SE C T. CLXXX. TO MEMORY. I. MEMORY! thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys recurring ever, And turning all the past to pain: II. Thou, like the world, th' oppreft oppreffing, Thy fmiles increase the wretch's woe; And he who wants each other bleffing, In thee must ever find a foe. DR. GOLDSMITH, SECT. TH HIS tomb, infcrib'd to gentle Parnel's name, More lafting rapture from his works fhall rife, DR. GOLDSMITH, THA HANKS, my Lord, for your ven'fon; for Never rang'd in a forest, or fmok'd on a platter. * Lord Clare. Buf But, for eating a rafher of what they take pride in, To go on with my tale-As I gaz’d on the haunch, I thought of a friend that was trufty and ftaunch: To paint it, or eat it, juft as he lik'd best. Of the neck and the breast I had next to dispose; 'Twas a neck and a breast-that might rival Monroe's: But in parting with thefe I was puzzled again, With the bow, and the who, and the where,and the when: There's Coley, and Williams, and Howard, and Hief— I think they love ven'fon; I know they love beef: But-hang it !-to poets, that feldom can eat, Your very good mutton's a very good treat : Such dainties to them! It would look like a flirt, - Like fending 'em ruffles when wanting a shirt. While thus I debated, in reverie center'd, An acquaintance, a friend—as he call'd himself, enter'd; A fine-spoken cuftom-houfe officer he, Who fmil'd as he gaz'd on the ven'son and me. "What have we got here?-aye, this is good eating! "Your own, I fuppofe—or is it in waiting?" Why, whofe fhould it be, Sir? cried I, with a flounce I get these things often-But that was a bounce. "If that be the cafe then," cried he very gay, "I'm glad I have taken this house in my way. "To-morrow you take a poor dinner with me. "No words-I infift on't-precisely at three. "And now that I think on't, as I am a finner, "We wanted this ven'fon to make up the dinner. "I'll take no denial-you shall, and you muft; "And my wife, little Kitty, is famous for crust. "We'll have Jolinfon and Burke; all the wits will be there; My acquaintance is flight, or I'd ask my Lord Clare. "Here, porter! this ven'fon with me to Mile-end"No words, my dear Goldfmith! my very good friend!" Thus, feizing his hat, he brush'd off like the wind, Left alone to reflect, having empty'd my shelf, Though I could not help thinking my gentleman hafty, When come to the place where we all were to dine, (A chair-lumber'd closet, just twelve feet by nine) My friend bid me welcome, but ftruck me quite dumb With tidings that Johnson and Burke could not come : "And I knew it," he cried; "both eternally fail; "The one at the Houfe, and the other with Thrale. "But, I warrant for me, we fhall make up the party, "With two full as clever, and ten times as hearty. "The one is a Scotchman, the other a Jew, "Who dabble and write in the papers-like you : "The |