EPISTLE III. Page 36. As the last, was an imitation of the tenth, so is this of the third Satire of the same Poet. ibid. Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel, &c.] ibid. For who would leave, unbrib'd, Hibernia's land,] -Ego vel Prochytam praepono Suburrae : Nam quid tam miserum, tam solum vidimus, ut non Tectorum assiduos, ac mille pericula saevae Urbis, et Augusto recitantes mense poetas ? 37. While Thales waits the wherry that contains Of dissipated wealth the small remains, &c.] ibid. Sed dum tota domus rheda componitur una, -the seat that gave Eliza birth,] Queen Elizabeth was born at Greenwich. ibid. Since worth, he cries, in these degen'rate days Wants ev'n the cheap reward of empty praise ;] Hic tunc Umbricius: Quando artibus, inquit, honestis Deteret exiguis aliquid: proponimus illuc Ire, fatigatas ubi Daedalus exuit alas, 38. While yet my steady steps no staff sustains, And life still vig'rous revels in my veins ;] -et pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo. ibid. Let * live here, for * has learn'd to live. Here let those reign, whom pensions can incite To vote a patriot black, a courtier white;] Cedamus patria: vivant Arturius istic Et Catulus; maneant qui nigra in candida vertunt. ibid. Let such raise palaces, and manors buy, &c.] Queis facile est aedem conducere, flumina, portus, 39. But what, my Friend, what hope remains for me, Who start at theft, and blush at perjury?] Quid Romae faciam ? mentiri nescio; librum, ibid. Others with softer smiles, and subtler art, Can sap the principles, or taint the heart ;] -Ferre ad nuptam, quae mittit adulter, Quae mandat, norint alii; me nemo ministro 39. For what but social guilt the friend endears?] Quis nunc diligitur, nisi conscius? Carus erit Verri, qui Verrem tempore, quo vult, ibid. But thou, should tempting villany present,] -Tanti tibi non sit opaci Omnis arena Tagi, quodque in mare volvitur aurum, ibid. -Villiers spent,] George Villiers, the witty and profligate Duke of Buckingham. ibid. The cheated nation's happy fav'rites see;} Quae nunc divitibus gens acceptissima nostris, 40. I cannot bear a French metropolis.] -Non possum ferre, Quirites, Graecam urbem. ibid. Illustrious Edward! from the realms of day, Rusticus ille tuus sumit trechedipna, Quirine, ibid. Obsequious, artful, voluble and gay, Ingenium velox, audacia perdita, sermo 40. They sing, they dance, clean shoes, or cure a clap:] Augur, schoenobates, medicus, magus: omnia novit ibid. Ah! what avails it, that, from slav'ry far, Usque adeo nihil est, quod nostra infantia coelum 41. Studious to please, and ready to submit, Quid? quod adulandi gens prudentissima: laudat ibid. These arts in vain our rugged natives try,] Haec eadem licet et nobis laudare; sed illis Creditur.. ibid. Well may they venture on the mimic's art, Who play from morn to night a borrow'd part ;] Natio comoeda est. Rides? majore cachinno Concutitur: &c. ibid. How, when competitors like these contend, Non sumus ergo pares: melior qui semper, et omni 42. Explore your secrets with insidious art,] Scire volunt secreta domus, atque inde timeri. ibid. By numbers here from shame or censure free, All crimes are safe, but hated poverty.] -Materiam praebet causasque jocorum Omnibus hic idem, si foeda et scissa lacerna, &c. ibid. Of all the griefs that harrass the distress'd; Nil habet infelix Paupertas durius in se, ibid. Has heaven reserv'd, in pity to the poor, Debuerant olim tenues migrasse Quirites. 43. Slow rises worth, by poverty depress'd, &c.] ibid. Then through the world a wretched vagrant roam, For where can starving merit find a home?] Ultimus autem Aerumnae cumulus, quod nudum et frustra rogantem |