* Aufpiciis totum confecta duella per orbem, Clauftraque cuftodem pacis cohibentia Janum, Et formidatam Parthis te principe Romam; Si, quantum cuperem, poffem quoque : fed neque parvum Carmen majeftas recipit tua, nec meus audet Nec prave factis decorari verfibus opto: Exhaufted nations trembling at her fword, * And * PEACE long wish'd-for to the world restor❜d. * But your true greatness suffers no such praise, 315 My verse would fink the theme it meant to raise; Unequal to the task would furely meet Deferv'd contempt, and each prefumptuous sheet Could ferve for nothing, fcrawl'd with lines fo fimple, Unless to wrap up fugar-loaves for Wimple. 320 * A general peace was at this time juft concluded at Aix la Chapelle. VOL. I. I ΤΟ TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD, ON HIS BEING INSTALLED KNIGHT OF THE GARTER. TH HESE trophies, STANHOPE, of a lovely dame, Once the bright object of a monarch's flame, Who with fuch just propriety can wear, As thou the darling of the gay and fair? See ev'ry friend to wit, politeness, love, With one consent thy Sovereign's choice approve! ΤΟ TO A LADY IN TOWN; SOON AFTER HER LEAVING THE COUNTRY. WHILST you, dear maid; o'er thousands born to reign, For the gay town exchange the rural plain, The cooling breeze, and ev'ning walk forfake Charm in the Mall, and sparkle at the play; That all my blifs with CHLOE fnatch'd away. Say by what arts I can relieve my pain, Mufic, verfe, all I try, but try in vain In vain the breathing flute my hand employs, In vain I oft harmonious lines perufe, And feek for aid from POPE's, and PRIOR's muse; Here HELOISE mourns her abfent lover's charms, And in their tender forrows read my own. I fly from home, and feek the facred fields Her |