Epitaph on Picus Mirandula, applied to

Francis Chartres.

Epigram.

*Another.

Epitaph of by-words.

2.64

265

ibid.

ibid.

Epigram, on feeing a worthy prelate go out

of church in the time of divine fervice to

wait on his grace the duke of D---. 266

Epigram from the French.

267

ibid.

Epitaph.

Epigram, on the toasts of the kit-cat club,

anno 1716.

ibid.

To a lady, with The temple of fame. 268

Verfes to be placed under the picture of

England's arch-poet; containing a com-

plete catalogue of his works.

ibid.

Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope, while he was

writing the Dunciad.

270

* Bounce to Fop. An epiftle from a dog at

Twickenham to a dog at court..

272

*On the countess of Burlington cutting

277

On dreams. In imitation of Petronius. 284

To Stella, vifiting me in my fickness, 1727.

Verfes on the death of Dr. Swift.

291

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MISCELLANIES

IN

VERS E.

N. B. Whatever Verfes are not marked with an
Afterifk in this Volume are Dr. Swift's.

AND

VANESSA.

TH

Written Anno 1713.

HEfhepherds and the nymphs were seen
Pleading before the Cyprian queen.

The council for the * fair began,
Accufing the falfe creature man.
The brief with weighty crimes was charg'd,
On which the pleader much enlarg'd;
That Cupid now has loft his art,
Or blunts the point of ev'ry dart;
His altar now no longer fmokes,
His mother's aid no youth invokes :
This tempts Free-thinkers to refine,
And bring in doubt their pow'rs divine;
Now love is dwindled to intrigue,
And marriage grown a money-league.
Which crimes aforefaid (with her leave)
Were (as he humbly did conceive)
Against our fov'reign lady's peace,
Against the ftatute in that cafe,

*This poem is founded upon an offer of marriage made by a young lady to her preceptor: whether fuch an incident really happened, or what gave the poet occafion to fuppofe it,

B

need not here be inquired: his principal defign is to expose the faults and follies in both fexes, by which love is degraded, and marriage rendered fubfervient to fordid purposes.

2

Against

Against her dignity and crown:
Then pray'd an anfwer, and fat down.
The nymphs with fcorn beheld their foes:
When the defendant's council rofe,
And, what no lawyer ever lack'd,
With impudence own'd all the fact;
But, what the gentleft heart would vex,
Laid all the fault on t'other fex.
That modern love is no fuch thing,
As what thofe ancient poets fing;
A fire celeftial, chafte, refin'd,
Conceiv'd and kindled in the mind,
Which having found an equal flame,
Unites, and both become the fame,
In diff'rent breafts together burn,
Together both to afhes turn:
But women now feel no fuch fire,
And only know the gross defire.
Their paffions move in lower spheres,
Where-e'er caprice or folly steers.
A dog, a parrot, or an ape,

Or fome worse brute in human fhape,
Engrofs the fancies of the fair,
The few foft moments they can spare
From vifits to receive and pay,
From scandal, politicks, and play,
From fans, and flounces, and brocades,
From equipage and park-parades,

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