"Till from life's banquet either guest

66 Embracing, may retire to resterary said "Come then, all raill'ry laid aside,

wwwd, and

"Let this their day serenely glide; ? "With mine thy serious aim unite,

"And both some proper guests invite, onde apa
"That not one minute's running, sandhu akan
"May find their pleasures at a stand."uages e
At this severe and sad rebuke, watauan un qida
Enough to make a coxcomb puke, mult armup má
Poor Cupid, blushing, shrugg'd and winc'd,

Not yet consenting, tho' convinc'd; a um dichtunge
For 'tis your witling's greatest terror, vas bo mar
Ev'n when he feels, to own his errorga pangandasta
Yet with a look of arch grimacet nach # A
He took his penitential faces. Jus, ne da 212
Said "Twas perhaps the surer way

to by
"To give your grave good souls their way scho
"That as true humour was grown scarce,» sak
"He chose to see a sober farce;

"For of all cattle and all fowl
"Your solemn-looking ass and owl,

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"Rais'd much more mirth, he durst aver it,
"Than those jack-puddings pug and parrot."

He said, and eastward spread his wing,
From London some few friends to bring.
His brother too, with sober cheer,
For the same end did westward steer;.

But first a pensive love forlorn,
Who three long weeping years has borne
His torch revers'd, and all around,
Where once it flam'd with cypress bound,
Sent off to call a neighh'ring friend, * *
On whom the mournful train attend ;
And bid him, this one day, at least,
For such a pair, at such a feast,
Strip off the sable veil, and wear

His once-gay

look and happier air.
But Hymen, speeding forward still,
Observ'd a man on Richmond-hill, alle.
Who now first tries a country life,
Perhaps to fit him for a wife:

But tho' not much on this he reckon'd,
The passing god look'd in and beckon'd;
He knows him rich in social merit,
With independent taste and spirit,
Tho' he will laugh with men of whim,
For fear such men should laugh at him.
But, lo! already on his way,'
In due observance of the day,
A friend and fav'rite of the Nine,
Who can, but seldom cares to shine,
And one sole virtue would arrive at----
To keep his many virtues private ;

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Who tends well pleas'd, yet as by stealth,como” 10
His lov'd companions, Ease and Health; bod-guo1:2
Or in his garden, barring outing 1979indw ni od W
The noise of ev'ry neighb'ring routjo righ zloof lin2
At pensive hour of eve and prime still abion buA
Marks how the various hand of Time aid alpsd oT
Now feeds and rears, now starves and slaughters
His vegetable sons and daughters.

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While these are on their way, beholdtamoodDİ
Dan Cupid, from his London-fold49126 semid biqu
First seeks and sends his new Lord Wardenview A
Of all the nymphs in Covent-Garden ;11 100 eir' 10 ́I -
Brave as the sword he wears in fight, a piquo 12.
Sincere, and briefly in the right, donei puit qu qenë
Whom never minister or king og jadi to sugest DM
Saw meanly cringing in their ring dan bebaal tent.
A second see! of special note,
Plump Comus + in a col'nel's coat
Whom we this day expect from far,
A jolly first-rate man of war,

On whom we boldly dare repose,
To meet our friends or meet our foes.si Tenisa W

* The late General Shelton. He had just then purchased a house

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The late Calorietta-street.
Caroline Scott, who, though ex-
Tremely corpulen, was uncommonly active and who,
to much skill, spirit, and bravery, as an officer, joined
the greatest gentleness of manners as a companion and
friend. He died a sacrifice to the public, in the service
of the East-India Company, at Bengal, in the year 1755+

Or comes a brother in his stead? Do that o Strong-body'd too, and strong of headston whol a Who, in whatever path he goes, HAUTATS" Still looks right on before his nose, use to g-toit ti And holds it little less than treason ne spitrog To baulk his stomach or his reason big wohl zin tđốỡ True to his mistress and his meat,

He eats to love, and loves to eat.

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Cupid himself attends to squire her:

A welcome guest! we much had miss'd her, we ment

For 'tis our Kitty or his sister,

But, Cupid, let no knave or fool

Snap up this lamb to shear her wool;

No Teague of that unblushing band
Just landed, or about to land, salatidy
Thieves from the womb, and train'd at-nurseand
To steal an heiress or a purse:math qu
No scraping, saving, saucy cit,

trávenien Sworn foe of breeding, worth, and wit; anot No half-form'd insect of a peer

With neither land or conscience clear,

Who-if he can, 'tis all he can do,

-Just spell the motto on his landaish) steal (
From all, from each of these defend her, and
But thou and Hymen both befriend herun
bwah truth, faste, honour, in'a mate,

And

good sense, and some êstate.

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But now, suppose th' assembly met, And round the table cordial set, While in fair order, to their wish,

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Plain Neatness sends up ev'ry dish,

And Pleasure at the sideboard stands,

A nectar'd goblet in his hands,tation

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To pour libations, in due measure,pia,ZOTTAGOVIA
As Reason wills when join'd with Pleasure---
Let these white moments all be gay,
Without one cloud of dim allay;

In ev'ry face let joy be seen,

As Truth sincere, as Hope serenean Shortha
Let Friendship, Love, and Wit, combine

To flavour both the meat and wine papud muit bre
With that rich relish to each sense!.

Which they, and they alone, dispense;

Let Music, too, their mirth prolong,
With warbled air and festive song;
Then when at eve the star of Love

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Glows with soft radiance from above, om144Y MOO
And each companionable guest only thing/thulgast A
Withdraws replenish'd, not opprest, he haze
Let each, well-pleas'd, at parting sayuluyhood pl
My life be such a Wedding-day ↓

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