Who fell by _Nero's_ unrelenting rage;
_Him_[C] whom ungrateful _Athens_ doom'd to bleed,
Despis'd when living, and deplor'd when dead.
_Raleigh_ I'd read with ever fresh delight,
While ages past rise present to my fight:
Ah man unblest! he foreign realms explor'd,
Then fell a victim to his country's sword!
Nor should great _Derham_ pass neglected by, }
Observant sage! to whose deep piercing eye }
Nature's stupendous works expanded lie. }

Nor he, _Britannia_, thy unmatch'd renown!
(Adjudg'd to wear the philosophic crown)
Who on the solar orb uplifted rode,
And scan'd th' unfathomable works of God,
Who bound the silver planets to their spheres,
And trac'd th' elliptic curve of blazing stars!
_Immortal Newton_; whole illustrious name
Will shine on records of eternal fame.

[Footnote A: Cato.]

[Footnote B: Seneca.]

[Footnote C: Socrates.]

By love directed, I wou'd choose a wife,
T' improve my bliss and ease the load of life.
Hail _Wedlock!_ hail, inviolable tye!
Perpetual fountain of domestic joy!
Love, friendship, honour, truth, and pure delight,
Harmonious mingle in the nuptial rite.
In _Eden_ first the holy state begun,
When perfect innocence distinguish'd man;
The human pair, th' Almighty Pontiff led,
Gay as the morning to the bridal bed;
A dread solemnity th' espousals grac'd,
_Angels_ the _Witnesses_, and GOD the PRIEST!
All earth exulted on the nuptial hour,
And voluntary roses deck'd the bow'r!
The joyous birds, on ev'ry blossom'd spray,
Sung _Hymenians_ to th' important day,
While _Philomela_ swell'd the sponsal song,
And Paradise with gratulations rung.

Relate, inspiring muse! where shall I find
A blooming virgin with an angel mind,
Unblemish'd as the white-rob'd virgin quire
That fed, _O Rome!_ thy consecrated fire;
By reason aw'd, ambitious to be good,
Averse to vice, and zealous for her God?
Relate, in what blest region can I find
Such bright perfections in a female mind?
What _Phoenix_-woman breathes the vital air,
So greatly greatly good, and so divinely fair?
Sure, not the gay and fashionable train,
Licentious, proud, immoral and prophane;
Who spend their golden hours in antic dress,
Malicious whispers, and inglorious ease.--

Lo! round the boar