With wild Inconftancy for all he burns, Within the Grove a spacious Grotto stood, mourn, Each Youth reclining on a Funʼral Urn ; Thither the Nymph directs the Monarch's Way, He treads her Footsteps, joyful to obey; There, fir'd with Paffion, clafp'd her to his Breast, And thus the Transport of his Soul confeft: Such lovely Looks ne'er blest my Sight before! With Arms enclafp'd his Treasure to retain, He woo'd, and figh'd, but figh'd and woo'd in vain ; She She rush'd indignant from his fond Embrace, While Rage with Blushes paints her lovely Face; Yet ftill he fues with fuppliant Hands and Eyes, While fhe to magic Charms for Vengeance flies. A limpid Fountain murmur'd thro' the Cave, She fill'd her Palm with the tranflucent Wave, And fprinkling cry'd, Receive, false Man, in Time, The juft Reward of thy detefted Crime. Mad to poffefs, by Paffion blindly led, cure, Nor for a Day preserve their Paffion pure; Nor Nor can the feeble Ray of mortal Eyes She spoke amaz'd the lift'ning Monarch ftood, And icy Horror froze his ebbing Blood, The African Prince, in England, to ZARA, at his Father's Court. Rinces, my Fair, unfortunately great, Born to the pompous Vaffalage of State, Whene'er the Public calls, are doom'd to fly Domestic Blifs, and break the private Tie. Fame * Capt. trafficking on the Coast of Africa, went up the Country, where he was introduced to a Moorish King, who had 40,000 Men under his Command. This Prince being taken with the polite Behaviour of the English, entertained them with the greatest Civility; and at last reposed such Confi L dence Fame pays with empty Breath the Toils they bear, Yet confcious Virtue, in the filent Hour, dence in the Captain, as to entrust him with his Son, about eighteen Years of Age, with another sprightly Youth, to be brought to England, and educated in the European Manner. The Captain received them with great Joy, and fair Treatment, but bafely fold them for Slaves; fhortly after he died, and the Ship coming to England, the Officers related the whole Affair ; on which the Government fent to pay their Ranfom, and they were brought to England, and put under the Care of the Right Hon. the Earl of Hallifax, firft Commiffioner of Trade and Plantations, who gave Orders for Cloathing and Educating them in a very genteel Manner. They were afterwards introduced to his Majesty, richly dreffed, in the European Manner, and were very graciously received. Soon after their Arrival here, the Prince, it is fuppofed, fent the following Epistle to his beloved Zara, at his Father's Court, Fix'd the dreadVoyage, and the Day decreed, When, Duty's Victim, Love was doom'd to bleed, Too well my Mem'ry can thofe Scenes renew, We met to figh, to weep our laft Adieu. That conscious Palm, beneath whose tow'ring Shade, So oft our Vows of mutual Love were made; Where Hope so oft anticipated Joy, And plann'd of future Years the best Employ; That Palm was Witnefs to the Tears we fhed, When that fond Hope, and all thofe Joys were fled. Thy trembling Lips, with trembling Lips I prefs'd, And held thee panting, to my panting Breast. If, in some distant Land, my Prince should find "Some Nymph more fair, you cry'd, as Zara "kind" L 2 Myf |