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There too is the ftunn'd APOPLEXY pight*,

The bloated child of gorg'd INTEMPERANCE foul; Self-wafting MELANCHOLY, black as night

Lowering, and foaming fierce with hideous howl The dog HYDROPHOBY, and near allied

Scar'd MADNESS, with her moon-ftruck eye-balls ftaring wide.

XIV.

There, ftretch'd ONE huge, beneath the rocky mine, t With boiling fulphur fraught, and fmould'ring fires; He, the dread delegate of wrath divine,

E'er while that flood o'er Taro's hundred fpires Vindictive; thrice he wav'd th' earth-fhaking wand, Powerful as that the Son of AMRAM bore, And thrice he rais'd, and thrice he check'd his hand.

He ftruck the rocking ground, with thund'rous roar Yawn'd; here from street to street hurries, and there Now runs, now ftops, then fhrieks and fcours amain, Staring DISTRACTION: many a palace fair,

With millions finks ingulpht, and pillar'd fane; Old OCEAN's fartheft waves confeft the shock ; Ev'n ALBION trembl'd confcious on his ftedfaft rock.

XV.

The meagre FAMINE there, and drunk with blood
Stern WAR; and the loath'd monfter, whom of yore
The flimy Naiad of the Memphian flood

Engend'ring, to the bright hair'd Phoebus bore,
Foul PESTILENCE, that on the wide ftretch'd wings
Of commerce speeds from CAIRO's fwarthy bay
His weftring flight, and thro' the fick air flings
Spotted CONTAGION; at his heels DISMAY

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And DESOLATION urge their fire-wheel'd yoke

Terrible; as long of old, when from the height Of PARAN came unwrath'd the MIGHTIEST, shook Earth's firm fixt base tott'ring; thro' the black night Glanc'd the flafh'd lightnings: heav'ns rent roof abroad Thunder'd; and univerfal nature felt its GOD.

XVI.

Who on that scene of terror, on that hour
Of roufed indignation, fhall withstand
Th' ALMIGHTY, when he meditates to show'r
The bursting vengeance o'er a guilty land!
Canft thou, fecure in reafon's vaunted pride,
Tongue-doughty mifcreant, who but now didft gore
With more than HEBREW rage the innocent fide
Of agonizing mercy, bleeding fore,
Canft thou confront, with ftedfaft eye unaw'd,

The fworded JUDGMENT ftalking far and near? Well may'st thou tremble, when an injur'd God

Difclaims thee-guilt is ever quick of fearLoud whirlwinds howl in Zephyr's fofteft breath; And ev'ry glancing meteor glares imagin'd death.

XVII.

The good alone are fearless

they alone

Firm and collected in their virtue, brave

The wreck of worlds, and look unfhrinking down
On the dread yawnings of the rav'nous grave:
Thrice happy! who the blameless road along

Of honeft praise hath reach't the vale of death;
Around him, like miniftrant CHERUBS, throng
His BETTER ACTIONS; to the parting breath
Singing their blessed requiems: he the while
Gently repofing on fome friendly breast,
Breaths out his benizons; then with a smile
Of foft complacence, lays him down to rest,

Calm

Calm as the flumb'ring infant: from the goal Free and unbounded flies the difembodied foul.

XVIII.

Whether fome delegated charge below,

Some much-lov'd friend its hov'ring care may claim,
Whether it heavenward foars, again to know
That long forgotten country whence it came;
Conjecture ever, the misfeatur'd child

Of letter'd arrogance, delights to run
Through speculation's puzz'ling mazes wild,
And all to end at laft where it begun.
Fain would we trace with reafon's erring clue,
The darkfome paths of deftiny aright;
In vain; the task were easier to pursue

The trackless wheelings of th' fwallow's flight.
From mortal ken himself the ALMIGHTY shrouds
Pavilion'd in thick night and circumambient clouds.

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The MILK - MAID.

HOE'ER for pleasure plans a scheme,
Will find it vanifh like a dream,

Affording nothing found or real,
Where happiness is all ideal;
In grief, or joy, in either state,
Fancy will always antedate,

And when the thoughts on evil pore,
Anticipation makes it more.

Thus while the mind the future fees,
It cancels all its present ease.

Is Pleasure's scheme the point in view?
How eagerly we all purfue!

Well-Tuesday is th' appointed day;
How flowly wears the time away !.
How dull the interval between,

How darken'd o'er with clouds of spleen,
Did not the mind unlock her treasure,
And fancy feed on promis'd pleasure.

DELIA furveys, with curious eyes, The clouds collected in the skies; Wishes no ftorm may rend the air, And Tuesday may be dry and fair; And I look round, my boys, and pray, That Tuesday may be holiday.

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Once on a time, a ruftic dame,
(No matter for the lady's name)
Wrapt up in deep imagination,
Indulg'd her pleafing contemplation;
While on a bench fhe took her feat,
And plac'd the milk-pail at her feet,
Oft in her hand fhe chink'd the pence,
The profits which arofe from thence;
While fond ideas fill'd her brain,
Of layings up, and monstrous gain,
Till every penny which fhe told,
Creative fancy turn'd to gold;
And reafoning thus from computation,
She spoke aloud her meditation.

"Please heav'n but to preferve my health, "No doubt I fhall have ftore of wealth;

It

"It must of consequence enfue

"I shall have ftore of lovers too.

"Oh how I'll break their stubborn hearts,
"With all the pride of female arts.

"What Suitors then will kneel before me!
"Lords, Earls, and Viscounts shall adoré mé.
"When in my gilded coach I ride,
"My Lady at his Lordship's fide,
"How will I laugh at all I meet
"Clatt'ring in pattins down the street!
"And LOBBIN then I'll mind no more,
"Howe'er I lov'd him heretofore;
"Or, if he talks of plighted truth,
"I will not hear the fimple youth,
But rife indignant from my feat,
And fpurn the lubber from my feet.

Action, alas! the fpeaker's grace,
Ne'er came in more improper place,
For in the toffing forth her shoe,

What fancied blifs the maid o'erthrew !
While down at once, with hideous fall,
Came lovers, wealth, and milk, and all.

Thus fancy ever loves to roam,
To bring the gay materials home;
Imagination forms the dream,
And accident deftroys the fcheme.

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