XXXIV. The Squire of dames deep enters in the cell: The youth cry'd out, "O thrice renowned mage, Then Merlin with a look benign reply'd, "What most thou lik'ft partake withouten fear, "Share all my cave affords, nor think I grudge my cheer XXXVI. "Yet mark my counfel, open not that door, "Left thou repent thy follies when too late, "Ten thousand pangs shall make thy heart full fore, For horror fcouls behind that heben gate, "And "And future ills fhall thy dear peace amate; "And whom you wish to fee will ftreit appear, "Devoid of art's false mask, to human eye-fight clear. XXXVII. "Ah how unlike the godlike man he seem'd "With other men their vice and follies share ; "Ne flatter head that's crown'd, ne flatter face that's fair. XXXVIII. "Once more let me advise thee, gentle Squire, "Forbear to look at this fame magick glass; "Do not too rafhly into fate enquire"But I to foreign ftronds a while must pass." Th' unweeting youth cry'd to himself, "Alas! "Would I could know the lot to me affign'd." "Patience, quoth Merlin, doth all things surpass." Then to his car were winged dragons join'd, With which he fails thro' air, and far outftrips the wind. XXXIX. And XXXIX. And now the Squire furveys the lonesome cave, As Adam fell of yore, the Squire of dames yfell. The heben doors full widely he difplay'd, "O faytor falfe, o wicked imp of night! With fouleft fprites the fons of men affray, " And "And blot for ever the fair face of day. Then like a stean to earth full heavily he fell. XLII. There shall we leave him, for my leaky boat Lets in the water, and I must recure Her much-worn hulk, that scarcely now can float, Mayhap I may again hoist forth my fail, And other hardy voyages endure Thro' fhelves and fhallows: now the adverse gale Gives me fome time to reft, and lond with joy I hail. L THE Tenth Satire of JUVENAL, IMITATED By SAMUEL JOHNSON. ET* obfervation with extenfive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru; How rarely reafon guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or promps the fuppliant voice, * Ver. 1. --- [ 1 . How |