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A FRIEND to FREEDOM can never be a TRAITOR. [THOMSON.] SO YO

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Can ne'er be juttly, deemed his fovereign's foe: No, 'tis the wretch that tempts him to fubvert it, The foothing flave, the traitor in the bofom, Who beft deferves that name; he is a worm That eats out all the happiness of kingdoms.

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DESCRIPTION of a HAG.

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Ilayda wither'd hag, with age grown double,

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Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herfelf;

Her eyes with fcalding rheum were gall'd and red,
Cold palfy fhook her head, her hands feem'd wither'd,
And on her crooked fhoulders had the wrapp'd
The tatter'd remnants of an old ftrip'd hanging,
Which ferv'd to keep her carcafe from the cold:
So there was nothing of a piece about her.
Her lower weeds were all o'er coarfly patch'd
With different-colour'd rags, black, red, white, yellow,
And feem'd to fpeak variety of wretchednefs.,

HAPPINESS the infeparable Companion of VIRTUE. [ROWE.]

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O be good is to be happy; angels

Are happier than men, becaufe they're better.. Guilt is the fource of forrow; 'tis the fiend,

Th' avenging fiend that follows us behind

With whips and ftings the blefs'd know none of this,
But reft in everlasting peace of mind,

And find the height of all their Heav'n is goodness..

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HONOUR fuperior to JUSTICE.

[THOMSON.]

Onour, my Lord, is much too proud to catch LA At every fender twig of nice diftinctions, tru Thefe for th' unfeeling vulgar may do well:

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The real DUTY of a. KING.
[Rows.]

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IS true, I am a king:
Honour and glory too have been
But tho' I dare face death, and all the dangers
Which furious war wears in its bloody front,
Yet could I chufe to fix my fame by peace,
By juftice, and by mercy; and to raife
My trophies on the bleffings of mankind:
Nor would I buy the empire of the world
With ruin of the people whom I fway,
Or forfeit of my honour.

my aim:

CHARACTER of a good, KING.
[THOMSON.}

ES, we have loft a father!

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The greatest bleffing heaven bestows on
mortals,

And feldom found amidst these wilds of time,
A good,, a worthy king !-Hear me, my, Tancred
And I will tell thee, in a few plain words, T
How he deferv'd that beft, that glorious title.
'Tis nought complex, 'tis clear as truth and virtue.
He lov'd his people, deem'd them all his children
The good exalted, and deprefs'd the bad:

He fpurn'd the flattering crew, with fcorn rejected
Their fmooth advice, that only means themfelves,
Their fchemes to aggrandize him into bafenefs:
Well knowing that a people, in their rights
And induftry protected; living fafe

Beneath the facred fhelter of the laws;
Encourag'd in their genius, arts, and labours,
And happy each as he himself deferves;
Are ne'er ungrateful. With unfparing hand
They will for him provide: their filial love,
And confidence are his unfailing treafury,
And every honeft man his faithful guard.

The GUILT of bad KINGS.
[MALLET.]

7HEN thofe whom Heaven diftinguishes o'er mil-
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And showers profufely power and fplendor on them,

Whate'er

Whate'er th' expanded heart can wifh; when they,
Accepting the reward, neglect the duty,

Or worse, pervert thofe gifts to deeds of ruin,
Is there a wretch they rule fo bafe as they?
Guilty, at once, of facrilege to Heaven!
And of perfidious robbery to Man !

WHO

The true END of LIFE.

[THOMSON.]

HO, who would live, my Narva, just to breathe
This idle air, and indolently run,

Day after day, the ftill returning round
Of life's mean offices, and fickly joys?
But in the service of mankind to be
A guardian God below-ftill to employ
The mind's brave ardour in heroic aims,
Such as may raife us o'er the groveling herd,
And make us fhine for ever, That is Life.

REFLE

The fame. [S. JOHNSON.]

EFLECT that life and death, affecting founds,
Are only varied modes of endless being.

Reflect that life, like every other bleffing,
Derives its value from its ufe alone;

Not for itself but for a nobler end

Th' Eternal gave it, and that end is virtue.
When inconfiftent with a greater good,
Reafon commands to caft the lefs away;
Thus life, with lofs of wealth, is well preferv'd,
And virtue cheaply fav'd with lofs of life.

A LION overcome by a MAN.
[LES.]

TU print, all but his bands, on which he wore
HE prince in a lone court was plac'd,

A pair of gantlets.

At laft, the door of an old lion's den

Being drawn up, the horrid beast appear'd:
The flames, which from his eye fhot glaring red,
Made the fun start, as the fpectators thought,
And round them caft a day of blood and death:
The prince walk'd forward: the large beaft defcry'd

His

His prey; and with a roar,

, that made us pale,,

Flew fiercely on him: but Lyfimachus
Starting afide, avoided his firft ftroke,,

With a flight hurt; and as the lion turn'd,
Thruft gauntlet, arm, and all, into his throat:
Then, with Herculean force, tore forth by th' roots,"
The foaming bloody tongue; and while the favage,
Faint with the lofs, funk to the blufhing earth,
To plough it with his teeth, your conqu❜ring foldier
Leap'd on his back, and dafh'd his full to pieces.

CHARACTER of an excellent, MA N.

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Take pleafure, and be lavish in thy praife!.

How could I fpeak thy nobleness of nature!

Thy open manly heart, thy courage, conftancy, bak And in-born truth, unknowing to diffemble:

Thou art the man in whom my foul delights,

In whom, next Heav'n, I truft.

VIRTUE the only true Source of NOBILITY. [THOMSON.]

Tell thee then, whoever amidst the fons Of reafon, valour, liberty, and virtue, Difplays diftinguifh'd merit, is a noble

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Of Nature's own creating. Such have rifen, mo no
Sprung from the duft; or where had been our honours?
And fuch, in radiant bands, will rife again
In yon immortal city, that, when moft
Depreft by fate, and near apparent ruin,
Returns, as with an energy divine,

On her aftonish'd foes, and fhakes them from her.

The happy EFFECTS of MISFORTUNE.. [THOMSON.]

Ime bravet virtues. And to many great F misfortune comes, the brings along a qui Illuftrious fpirits have convers'd with woe, Have in her school been taught, as are enough.

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