Unde nectuntur fuperis Deabus Serta quotannis; Et crocus fert auricomos honores, Atque Cephifus rigat inde campos Plenior amnis ; Quin, ubì flumen, Jove non negante, Volvitur, campi pariunt feraces, Quos amant Mufæ, Venus atque ridens Vifere geftit. Afiæ nufquàm regione crescit, Doricâ nufquàm Pelopis videtur, Qualis hâc noftrâ viguit timenda Hoftibus arbor: Nemo tentavit, juvenis, fenexve, Impio ferro ruere hanc olivam; Afpicit lumen Jovis, et Minervæ Provida cura. Alteram Alteram laudem memorare poffum; Dona quæ Divi tribuêre nobis: Cæteras præftat ratibusque, equisque Terra Coloni. Tu decus noftrum, maris O fupreme Rector, in tantum ftudio tulisti : Et ferox durum quadrupes recepit Te duce, frenum : Navitæ remi manibufque pulfi Incito motu volitant per æquor, Et, velut Nymphis comites marinis, Cærula verrunt. EX EX ANTIGONE. OMNE, vel nummos, fuperas, Cupido; Excubas vultu tenero puellæ ; Alta perluftras marium, fovesque Pafcua læta. Nemo te vitet gelidâ carentûm Morte; cui vita eft fpatium diei, Nemo queîs fubdis ftimulos, domantur Corda furore. Tu trahis juftos ad iniqua facta, Triste tu conflas odium propinquis ; Sic movet mentes oculis decora Nubila virgo. Judices inter, folio potenti Affidens, mifces veneranda jura : Hunc enim ludum Venus infolentem Ludere gaudet. ( 102 A PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BEFORE THE EXERCISES AT THE BREAKING UP OF CHESTER SCHOOL, 1785. ΜΥ mafter, who has whims (for who is clear?) Calling me forth to crave your patient ear, Terms this his court of feffion for the year. Commiffion'd, then, I venture to proclaim it · Oyez !—a gaol-deliv'ry, shall I name it? [ware: "No, youngster, no:" He frowns, and cries Be But, fpite of frowns or tasks, for once I'll dare To prove my allufion juft. Survey these walls; Their joyless bound full many a wretch enthralls. Here, trembling, gnaws and cons his book by fits: |