HERCULANUM, POMPEII AND STABIA. 



thee an eternal oblivion of all the follies and plagues of 

 thy terreftrial life. 



Sappho.] Let me take it ! *«* This I drink to the 

 beautiful lefbian ladies, to Phaon with his golden trefTes, 

 and to the nymphs of the leucadian rock ! — ? [She drinks; 

 it up, and takes hold ^Anacreon's arm, 



Anacreon.] Come, my love ! — [He fmgs % 



To) KaXXst ttu^wxciv, 8cC. *' 



[They go offjinging, arm in arm* 

 Phaon.] And what is to become of me nobody 

 kerns to have any concern. — A fine Elyfium truly I 



& luCCINCT ACCOUNT OP HERCULANUM, POMPEII^ 



AND STABIA. 

 WRITTEN FROM NAPLES, 



P ORTICI and Refina are two places lying con- 

 tiguous, in a flat country, five italian miles from the 

 fouth eaft fide of Naples. The royal palace forms the 

 partition between them; the ftreet towards Naples 

 is called Portici, and that which runs on the other fide, 

 Refina. The whole together compofes a populous well- 

 built city, continually enlarging from year to year; 

 as much money is fpent here annually by cnglifh tra- 

 vellers. 



* The Mines bound Cupid with wreaths of flowers, and gave 

 him to the charge of beauty. 



Portici 



