Sooner than I'll from vow'd revenge defift,

His Holinefs fhall turn a Quietist;

Janfenius and the Jefuits agree,

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The inquifition wink at herefy.

Warm convocations own the church fecure,

And more confult her doctrine than her power.
With that he drew a lancet in his rage,

To puncture the ftill fupplicating fage.

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But, while his thoughts that fatal stroke decree,
Apollo interpos'd in form of fee.

The Chief great Pæan's golden treffes knew,

He own'd the God, and his rais'd arm withdrew.
Thus often at the Temple-stairs we've seen

Two Tritons, of a rough athletic mien,
Sourly difpute fome quarrel of the flood,

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With knuckles bruis'd, and face befmear'd in blood;

But, at the first appearance of a fare,

Both quit the fray, and to their oars repair.

The Hero fo his enterprize recalls,

His fift unclinches, and the weapon falls.

Ver. 342.

VARIATIONS.

Faith ftand unmov'd through Stillingflect's defence,
And Locke for mystery abandon fente,

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CANTO VI.

WHILE the fhrill clangor of the battle rings,
Aufpicious Health appeared on Zephyr's wings

She feem'd a cherub moft divinely bright,
More foft than air, more gay than morning-light.
A charm she takes from each excelling fair,
And borrow's Carlifle's fhape, and Grafton's air.
Her eyes like Ranelagh's their beams difpenfe,
With Churchill's bloom, and Berkeley's innocence;
On Iris thus the differing beams bestow

The dye, that paints the wonders of her bow;
From the fair nymph a vocal mufic falls,

As to Machaon thus the goddefs calls:

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Enough th' atchievement of your arms you 've shown, You feek a triumph you should blush to own.

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Hafte to th' Elyfian fields, those bless'd abodes,

Where Harvey fits among the demi-gods.

Confult that facred fage, he 'll foon disclose

The method that must mollify thefe woes.

Let

Let Celfus* for that enterprize prepare,
His conduct to the fhades fhall be my care.
Aghaft the heroes stood diffolved in fear,
A form fo heavenly bright they could not bear;
Celfus, alone unmov'd, the fight beheld,

The reft in pale confufion left the field.

So when the pygmies, marshal'd on the plains,
Wage puny war against th' invading cranes;
The puppets to their bodkin fpears repair,
And fcatter'd feathers flutter in the air;
But, when the bold imperial bird of Jove
Stoops on his founding pinions from above,
Among the brakes the fairy nation crowds,
And the Strimonian squadron feeks the clouds.
And now the Delegate prepares to go
And view the wonders of the realms below.;
Then takes Amomum for the golden bough.

Thrice did the goddess with her facred wand

The pavement ftrike; and straight at her command
The willing furface opens, and defcries
A deep defcent that leads to nether skies.

Hygeia to the filent region tends;

And with his heavenly guide the charge defcends.
Thus Numa, when to hallow'd caves retir'd,

Was by Egeria guarded and infpir'd.

Within the chambers of the globe they spy

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The beds where fleeping vegetables lie,
Till the glad fummons of a genial ray
Unbinds the glebe, and calls them out to day.

*Dr. Bateman.

Hence Pancies trick themselves in various hue,
And hence Jonquils derive their fragrant dew;
Hence the Carnation and the bafhful Rofe
Their virgin blushes to the morn disclose;
Hence the chafte Lily rifes to the light,

Unveils her fnowy breasts, and charms the fight;
Hence arbours are with twining greens array'd,
T'oblige complaining lovers with their fhade;
And hence on Daphne's laurel'd forehead grow
Immortal wreaths for Phoebus and Naffau.

The infects here their lingering trance furvive :
Benumb'd they feem'd, and doubtful if alive.
From winter's fury hither they repair,
And stay for milder fkies and fofter air.
Down to these cells obfcener reptiles creep,
Where hateful Nutes and painted Lizards fleep.
Where shivering fnakes the fummer folstice wait;
Unfurl their painted folds, and flide in ftate.
Here their new form the numb'd Erucæ hide
Their numerous feet, in flender bandage ty❜d:
Soon as the kindling ear begins to rise,
This upstart race their native clod despise,
And proud of painted wings attempt the skies.
Now those profounder regions they explore,
Where metals ripen in vaft cakes of ore.
Here, fullen to the fight, at large is fpread
The dull unweildy mass of lumpifh lead.

There, glimmering in their dawning beds, are feen 75. The light afpiring feeds of fprightly tin.

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The copper fparkles next in ruddy ftreaks;
And in the gloom betrays its glowing cheeks.
The filver then, with bright and burnish'd grace,
Youth and a blooming luftre in its face,
To th' arms of thofe more yielding metals flies,
And in the folds of their embraces lies.
So close they cling, fo ftubbornly retire;

Their love's more violent than the chemift's fire.
Near these the Delegate with wonder spies
"Where floods of living filver serpentise ;
Where richest metals their bright looks put on,
And golden ftreams through amber channels run;
Where light's gay god defcends, to ripen gems,
And lend a luftre brighter than his beams.

Here he obferves the fubterranean cells,
Where wanton nature fports in idle fhells.
Some helicoeids, fome conical appear :

Thefe, mitres emulate, thofe turbans are.
Here marcafites in various figure wait,
To ripen to a true metallic ftate :

Till drops that from impending rocks defcend
Their fubftance petrify, and progrefs end.
Nigh, livid feas of kindled fulphur flow,
And, whilft enrag'd, their fiery furges glow,
Convulfions in the labouring mountains rise,
And hurl their melted vitals to the fkies.

He views with horror next the noify cave, Where with hoarfe dins imprison'd tempefts rave; Where clamorous hurricanes attempt their flight, 105 Or, whirling in tumultuous eddies, fight.

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