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He—When ye have fo long avoided, 
Frowardly, the laws of order, 
Planiefs wand’ring up and down 5 
Andat length, when want and forrow 
Drive you to this frigid marble, 
Think ye that the Gods, attentive 
‘To your call alone, will haften 
Hither from their high repofe ? 
No, my pretty little moppet, 
Tow’rds the innermoft recefies 
Of your bofom turn the glances 
Which you caft about unfteady. 
Feel you then that you’re unable 
To advife yourfelf in trouble, 
Turn you fidewards, turn you hither, 
All your forrows, your petitions 
Turn to me your antient kinfman, 
Who tho’ ftern am ftill indulgent 5 
Hope then comfort and fuccefs. 
She—If but this man, whom face to face I 
ne’er beheld 
Till now, had not fuch marvellous ill-favour’d 
men 
As his attendants, who fo peevifh feem and four, 
He well could like me, for he fpeaks fo courte- 
oufl 
And looks fo good, fo noble, that one e needs 
mutt feel 
His prefence sce and cheering, as Ht were a 
Gad’s! 
Methinks Ill turn me round again, and fpeak 
to him. 
He—If but this maiden, whom, tillnow, I 
never faw 
But far from me, and fleeing, did not. lead 
about 
With her fuch flimfy company, which I 
deteft, 
Well could I with to fee for ever at my fide 
This lovely form, which gay and blooming 
pours the cup 
Of youth-like Hebe from her fafcinating eyes. 
She turns, and fpeaks = not, I will my- 
felf begin: 
She—If we appeal to the immortal ones, it fure 
Is not furprizing, fince on earth fuch fuffer- 
ings 
Are our allotted portion, and I find the 
ftrength 
Of arefpeéted honour’d mar, which fhould 
have been 
My fuccour, as my moft invet’rate sige” 
As my antagonift—I never thould ine deed 
Have thought of this; forasachildI always 
heard 
That age was youth's conduGor, andthat hap- 
‘ Spieicfis 
- Belong’d to neither, dwelt they not in unity, 
He—I needs'muft own fuch fentences follnd 
prettily, 
Yet much might be shined againft what 
thou haft faid, 
Which now I will not touch upon ; but tell 
me, pray, 
Who are thofe animals, who thus attached to 
thee, 
Boe ca cae 
| Original Poetry. 
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So clofely. up and down attend thee? truft me, 
child, 
Thou do’ft thyfelf no credit by fuch company. 
She —Thefe harmlefs. little-ones have both 
this quality, 
That they, as quick as I, accuftorn’d to per= 
vade 
All obftacles, divide the crowd which I may 
meet. 
This youthful pair has not one owe of idle« 
ne{s, 
Andalways are they fooner at the goal than ¥y 
But if I muft explain their names and charac- 
y CELSy, 
The firft is Planthuce he advances cheerfully 
And has no thought of guile in this fo guileful 
world. 
Saucebox they call this little one, officious he 
And pert in ev’ry corner pokes his little nofe. 
How canft thou then be angry with thefe in- 
nocents, 
Who with no common graces gladden hyman 
life. > 
But to return thy confidence, IJ pr’ythee fay 
Who are thof men, who, not exactly form’d 
for love, 
Stand thus befide thee with fuch difmal favage 
looks ? 
He—A proper gravity is favage in thine eyes 
And difmal; us’d to empty hollow cheerful~ 
nefs : 
Alene,thou canit not feel the moments confe- 
quence : 
. But, on the contrary, this worthy man’s con- 
vine’d, 
And but too fectingly; that little in the world 
Can e’er contribute to a fage’s happinefs. 
Hence Croaker is his name, and a beholds, 
what I 
Cannot difprove, the glorious bridal orna~ 
ments 
Of this fo fair enamel’d earth, and ftacry. 
{phere 
With extraordinary, with moft wond’rous eyes 5 
The funis red, wither’d and brown the a 
of {pring, 
At leaft this is eo language, and he Gites to 
be 
Convine’d that heaven’s dome will thortly. 
burit :. 
But this man here, 
- Ever-right, 
Is of his own profound infallibility ~ 
So thoroughly perfuaded, chats tho’ I am 
Lord 
And Mafter, he ne’er yielded che: laft word te 
me 3 
I therefore ufe him as a mean to exercife 
My eloquence, my lungs, and, if you will, 
my gall 
She—Thefe fo peevifh, frightful faces, 
Asattendants of my kinfman . 
Sure I never fhall be able 
To behold with confidence. 
He—Could I for a while deliver 
To fome friend my worthy foll’wers, 
“Where 
My 
{April 1, 
whofe rightful name is~ 
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