Nor shall liio Royjl Mi^lic^scs bc iriiiiM

Too nifly, or loo casy lo ho hlani'd ; Willi wlioni eaoli rliynnng Fool kco|>a mcli n Pollicr, Tiiey arc as conimoii tiiat way, a<i Ihc othn*. Vel saunicrinjç Charles belwecn hi* beaslly Biare, ^. Mccts wilU Disscmting ftill in cilher plaro, |

AlTi'clod Humour, or a puiulcd Face. '

In Loyal LiboU \ve bave nfton luld hini, llow OQC bas Jilted bini. tbo nther sold bini : How tbal niTerts Ui laupb, bow tbis lo woep ; But who can r.iil lo luntr as bo ran kocp?... Tbus D — et, purriu^i: liko a tbouf^birul Cal, Marrii^d; but \vi»cr Pu»;* ne'er tbou|i:bt of Ibxt; And first bo worricd ber >vi(h railin)^ Rbynie.... Tben Tor onc ni^bl 9oId ail bis Slavinb Lifo, A torminjf Widow, but a birron Wife ; SweU'd by contact of sucb a fulsoni Tond, Ho luffg'd aboot thc Matrimonial LoaJ ; Till Fortune blindly kind ai well as he.

Il est possible que Dryden, vu ses relations avec l'auteur, ait relouché quelque peu ses inspirations satiriques : c'était là une des charges qu'imposait habituellement aux poètes l'ainitié de ces lettrés amateurs. Mais il parait probable que ces vers virent le jour sans son aide, car Mulgrave l'y déclare nettement étranger*, et sa veuve les imprima plus tard dans l'édition complète de ses œuvres -.

Has iil restor'd liim to liis Liberty.

W'Iiich lio would use in ail liis sneaking way,

Drinking ail Niglit, and dozing: ail llia Day...

And iihic Sid — y (or SOmile renowu'd, Pleasure lias alwayâ 8oug>ht, but nuver fonnd : Thu' ail bis Tlioughts on Wine and Wunioii fall, His arc so bad, sore he ne*er lliinks at nll, The Flcsh ho livcs upun is rank and slrung; His Meal and MUlrcsses arc kcpt lou lonj;... No Nastiiicsi ofTends his skilfui Nusc; Which'from ail Stink can with pcculiar Arl E\li'a<-|i Pcrfuuie, anJ Essence, from a F — l : Expcrling Suppcr il his çrcat Delight ; Ho tuils ail Day, but lu be drunk at Night : Thca o're his Ciips tliis Nighl-bird chirping sils, * Till he takes Heivel and Jack Hall for Wils.

Kocheêter I dcjpise for wanl of VVil... For while he Mischief mcans to ail Mankiud, Hiiuseir alonc thc itl EfTecls dues llnd... Faisc are his WorJs, aflbcled is his Wil; So oft''n he does .sim, so sel lom hit ; To cvVy Face ho crinjîcs while lie spcaks. Dut whcn llic B:ick i» lurn'd, (lie Hcad he breaks. Mean in cach Action, lewd in cvcry Limb, Maimcrs Ihcmselves arc niischicvous in iiMii... For (Ihorc's Ihe FoUy llial's still niixt wilU Fear) ; Cowards inorc Blows llian any Hero bear.

Of lighliiiiJ-Spraks ISparksj, ronio |Faiuc?I may h r Ploa^urcs say, Dut 'lis a boldor liiing Ij run away.

Tho World may wnll forgive hiiu ail his Hl, For ev'ry F;iiill docs prove his Penanco still : Falsly ho falls iiilo S(»nio dnngcrous Noose, And Ihcn as nieaiily hibours to gel looso. A Life so infaiiioii.i is bcllcr quitting, S|>enl in base Injnry, anJ \o\\ suboiilliii;?, etc.

(In Essny upon Snlyr. By Un' Barl of Mulgravo. I>;ms A New CoUrclioii of Poems iclaling lo Sl.ilc AlTa.rs... MlM/^V, p. 133 et suiv.)