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 POETRY, 441

Thou that doft oft' from pamper'd prelates toe. Emphatically urge the pains below; TJhou that arc always half the ^//y's grace. And add'ft to folemn noddle folemn pace ; Thou that art us'd to fit on ladyh knee. To feed on jellies, and to drink cold tea; Thou whofe luxurious fenfe can fcarcely bear The velvet flipper and the feather'd chair ; Whence does thy mighty condefcenlion flow. To vific nay poor tabernacle ? — Oh ! Her knee indulgent here no lady lends. To watch thy looks no liv'ry'd train attends. No collly jellies, and no chairs of down. Invite fof; {lumbers, or the banquet crown. Yet what I have for folacc or for flate, I give, and envy for thy fake the great.

Jove, who vouchfaf'd in ancient times, 'tis Taldi^ At poor Philemon's cot to take a bed ; Pleas'd with the mean, but hofpitable feafl, Firft bid him a{k, and granted his requell—

! then (for thou art of the race divine. Begot on Venus by the God of wine) .Since, not incognito thy vifit paid,

1 meet thee confcious of my wants difmay'd. Do thou to entertain thee give mtjiors.

Ox with thy prefence honour me no more.

jl Sea Chaplain'' s Petition to the Lieutenants in the Ward-ream, for tie Vji of the garter Gallery.

In the Manner of Swift.

YOU that can grant or can refufe the pow'r. Low from the (lern to drop the golden /how'r. When Nature prompts, — O patient deign to hear, Jf not a parfon's— yet a poet's pray'r ! Ere taugnt the def'rence, to commiflions due, Prefumptuous I afpir'd to mefs with you : But fince the diff'rence known 'twixt fea and fliore. That mighty happinels I urge no more, An humble boon, and of a ciiir'rent kind, (Grant, heav'n, a difF'rent anfwer it may find)

Attends you now excuie the rhyme I write.

And tho' I mefs not with you, let me fli— te. When in old bards, Arion tunes his fong. The raviui'd doiphins round the veflel throng, Verfe footh'd of old the monllers of the fea. Lei ihen what fav'd Arion, plead for me ; '

And,