O'er mines and caves of death provokes the fight, And learns to conquer in the hero's fight. The British chief, for mighty toils renown'd, And scarce can teach his subjects to obey; Such are th' effects of Anna's royal cares; Whilft in diffufive fhowers her bounties fall Make every subject glad, and a whole people bleft. In the fmooth records of a faithful verfe; COWLEY'S EPITAPH ON HIMSELF. TRANSLATED BY MR. ADDISON. FROM life's fuperfluous cares enlarg'd, His debt of human toil discharg'd, Here Cowley lies! beneath this shed, And hating wealth by all careft. 'Tis true he 's dead; for oh! how finall A fpot of earth is now his all: Oh! wish that earth may lightly lay, And every care be far away; Bring flowers; the short-liv'd rofes bring, And fweets around the poet strow, POEMATA. РОЕМАТА. INAUGURATIO REGIS GULIELMI". Tityrus. HIC IC inter corylos, umbrofa cacumina, Nos cantare pares quoniam convenimus ambo, Otia qui dederint nobis placidamque quietem; Qui dignabantur regni fulcire ruinas. T. Tanta haud conveniunt humili tenuique cicuta; Sed quoniam in magnis, dicunt, voluiffe fat effe; Ipfe tuas, Gulielme, canam laudefque Mariæ; Nam, quos junxit amor, nemo fejungere debet. M. Tunc mihi Phoebe fave, Mufæque favete canenti, Ne culpa ingenii illorum minuantur honores. T. Aft ego nec Phoebum curo, Phoebive forores, Carmina namque mihi cedit nunc lemma canenti. *Thefe verfes occafioned Mr. Addifon's being elected into Magdalen College. M Sint licet illuftri proavorum stemmate clari, Sunt magis ornati propriis virtutibus ambo. T. Si Rex eft regit immanes qui pectoris æftus; Tum quot Regna tenet Gulielmus quotque Maria! M. Inclytus hic Mavors, fapiens hæc altera Pallas, Vulnerat ille armis, forma fed vulnerat illa. T. Quando vias Pelagi tentarunt, mole fuperbum Suftulit ad nubes mare fe, faftuque tumebat. M. Quando tellurem tetigerunt, Arcades omnes Pani Deo Arcadiæ tenerum mactavimus agnum.. T. Tunc iterum totus refonat modulamine campus, Mifcent paftores iterum nymphæque choreas. M. Lætus gramineis lufit tunc agnus in agris, Floribus atque novis hædi infiluere petulci. T. Quantus erat victor Gulielmus, quando popelli Vicit corda, hoftes vicit, vicitque feipfum ! M. Participat fponfi virtutem & regna Maria, Digna tribus Regnis, & tanto digna Marito. T. Primus hic imperio, nulli eft virtute fecundus, Sic fol, quam ftellæ, majori luce refulget. M. Sed qualis ftellas micat inter luna minores, Talis, cum cincta eft fociis, Regina videtur. T. At que nos illis nunc, Tityre, digna precemur, Ludere qui pecori, pecorifque dedere magiftris ? M. Æternam inveniam, quam donavere, quietem! T. Et fero cœlos exornet fidus utrumque ! JOSEPHUS ADDISON, Commenfalis è Coll. Reg. HONO |