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ETYMOLOGY.*

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JAMES P***T A*****S, Esq. F. R. S.

WHEN London fcarce had spread fo far
(Some centuries past) as Temple-bar;
And thence to Westminster, 'tis faid,
A dirty lane+ the traveller led:
And citizens might find an hare
In Grosvenor or in Soho-fquare;
An heath there was, towards the west,
Not then, with flowers,§ by culture dreft,
Or villas gay, where sweetly blows,

The gilliflower, the pink and rose;

But overrun with native broom,

Which now is Bromton-Grove become.

*See his Anecdotes, p. 81. † See Pennant's London.

The watch-word at the battle of Sedgmore, ibid.
Now famous for flowers.

There Andrews dwells in learned ease,
And, skill'd each man of taste to please,
He, patiently at home confin'd,*
Inftructs and entertains mankind.
Collects each flower, with eye difcerning;
Conceal'd in labyrinths of learning:†
Or executes the generous plan,
Which Hanway's liberal foul began:
Or meditates, in manner new,
His country's annals to review.§
Thus watchful o'er the midnight oil,
The world enjoys his virtuous toil:
Like Epicurus, in his garden,
Fair fame his pleasing task rewarding.
In life's calm fhade, thus truly great,
Ev'n kings might envy his retreat.

With the gout. † His Anecdotes.
For the relief of the poor chimney-sweepers.
A concife Hiftory of England, on a new plan.

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KIND heaven the good will ne'er with griefs oppress,

Without fame balm to foften their distress;
And, for their " corporal fufferings," oft on those
A double share of mental powers bestows.
Depriv'd of fight thus Milton's lofty mind
Excels in bold description all mankind:
While yet a youth, all nature he explor'd,
And thence his mind with rich materials ftor'd;
Which, heighten'd by strong fancy's pow'rful ray,
The wonders of his paradife difplay.

A lady of fortune who refides in Bath, confined by an incu rable lameness.

Marcia, though long by dire disease confin'd,
From nature's beauties, yet has ftor'd her mind,
(Like the great bard) before her fad retreat,
With all that's rare, or beautiful, or great.*
Hence in her landskips, hills, dales, rocks, unite,
With woods or lakes, to captivate the fight;
Her magic pencil raises to our view
The paradise which Milton's fancy drew.
Amus'd herself, the pleasure she extends,
With scenes Elysian to amuse her friends;
Who, 'midst the raptures which her works impart,
Admire her sense, and goodness of her heart.
Nay, trebly bleft, has rais'd a fund, in ftore
The fick to folace or to feed the poor.t
For Marcia's fkill affumes a nobler name,
And charity and taste in her 's the same.

Thus, 'midft affliction's gloom, she fits ferene, While conscious virtue gilds the lonely scene. Milton, though blind, could nature's charms improve, Marcia, though lame, through nature's wilds can rove. Yet, from his verse but fancied scenes arise: Her art brings nature's self before our eyes.

*The three fources of the pleasures of imagination.

The fick and imprisoned have been relieved from that fund.

THE

GENEROUS ECONOMIST.

WITH beauty, fenfe, and fortune blest,

And much admir'd, and much caress'd;
Yet Laura, wonderful to tell,

Has bid th' admiring world farewell:
Frequents no concert, play, or ball,
And, as for routs-fhe hates them all.
Nor does fhe, warm in pleasure's chace,
Pursue her game from place to place:
Now, idly posting up to town,
Now, restless hurrying gladly down.
No: Laura grudges the expence-
Yet think her not fo void of sense,
That, while fo young, fhe can at once
Pleasures of every kind renounce.
Laura, like many a nymph of fashion,
Still gratifies her ruling paffion:
Not like fome pious dames of old,
As by our comick bards we're told;

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