A thoughtful fadness fits on all, Expecting where the full-charg'd clouds will fall : Deck'd like a gaudy bride appears, The jocund fwains their coverts leave again; The chearful poets of the wood extend their tuneful throats. IV. Then, then, my Muse, raise with the lyre thy voice, And in bright characters the promise bears : Her charms, and Charles's power, their fury fhall affwage. Does bear her conqueft; with how little pride She views that prince, the captive of her charms, Before whofe arms, when great Gustavus led, V. What V. Whatever then was his defire, His cannons did command in fire: His love in timorous fighs he breathes, While all his spoils, and glorious wreaths Of laurel, at her feet the vanquifh'd warrior lays. Than that you brought from Lunsden's famous plain ; And was a captive made, then you alone Like lightning through their scatter'd troops you flew, VI. You have your ancestors in this one act out-done, Though their fuccessful arms did this whole isle o’er-run. They, to revenge a ravish'd lady, came, You, to enjoy one spotlefs as your fame : Before them, as they march'd, the country fled, And back behind them threw Their curses as they flew; On the bleak shore, expecting you, they stand, Through gaping crowds you 're forc'd to prefs your way, While virgins figh, the young men shout, and old ones And with this beauteous lady you may gain (This lady, that alone Of greater value is than any throne) By a calm and even fate, That empire, which they did fo fhort a while maintain. THE MAN OF HONOUR. Occafioned by a Poftfcript of Penn's Letter. NOT all the threats or favour of a crown, A prince's whisper, or a tyrant's frown, Can awe the fpirit, or allure the mind, Of him, who to ftrict honour is inclin'd. For this, brave Shrewsbury and Lumley's name } "Great "Great Sir, renown'd for conftancy, how just "That you at last unhappy councils ufe, "That gives the stamp and standard to the reft. "Wit, ftrength, and courage, are wild dangerous force, "Unless this foftens and directs their course; "And would you rob us of the nobleft part? Accept a facrifice without a heart? "'Tis much beneath the greatness of a throne, "Their "Their modeft nature curbs the struggling flame, "And tifles what they wish to act, with thame : "But once this fence thrown down, when they perceive "That they may tafte forbidden fruit and live; "They ftop not here their courfe, but fafely in, "Grow strong, luxuriant, and bold in fin; "True to no principles, prefs forward ftill, "And only bound by appetite their will: "Now fawn and flatter, while this tide prevails, "But fhift with every veering blaft their fails. "Mark thofe that meanly truckle to your power, They once deferted, and chang'd fides before, "And would to-morrow Mahomet adore. "On higher springs true men of honour move, "Free is their fervice, and unbought their love : "When danger calls, and honour leads the way, "With joy they follow, and with pride obey : "When the rebellious foe came rolling on, "And fhook with gathering multitudes the throne, "Where were the minions then? What arm, what force, "Could they oppofe to ftop the torrent's courfe? "Then Pembroke, then the nobles firmly ftood, "Free of their lives, and lavish of their blood; "But, when your orders to mean ends decline, "With the fame conftancy they all refign." Thus fpake the youth, who open'd first the way, |