when opened, emits a fine fpicy odcur. In a word, there are fo many antique bufts, by Greek and Roman mafters, fuch a collection of wonders both in fculpture and painting, that nothing can exceed them in beauty, nothing be more furprizing than the number of them. Among the bufts is. a celebrated one of the Egyptian goddess lfs, on a fine table of granite.

The Loggio, or Banquetting houfe, in the bowling-green, has an Ionic arcade, with pilaiters beautifully rufticated, and enriched with niches and ftatues, befides a row of antique buftos or the top. Here, is also a grotto, whofe front is curiously carved without, and wholly of marble within; the pillars are of black marble of the Ionic order, and their capitals of white marble, and decorated with fine baffo reLevos brought from Florence.

In the garden are two ruftic Ionic doors, fronting each other two ways. The ftables, and other offices, with the curious ruftic gite, and the columns frofled on each fide, on the ftable-bridge, are all beauties in their kind, and finely difpofed. The gardens, as well as the canal, are fed from the rivers Nadder and Willy, whic here join their freams.

Among feveral pieces of antiquity in the two courts before the house, there is a noble' column of porphyry, with a marble ftatue of Venus, on the top of it, above 30 feet high; it is of excellent workmanship, and came originally from Alexandria. Near it is another marble statue on one knee, fupporting a fun-dial.

The gardens extend on the fouth-fide of the houfe, beyond the river, and have a view of the remarkable Down called Salisbury-plaio, leading to Sha'tbury. The old walls that formerly furrounded thefe

gardens have been many years taken down, and haw-haws fubftituted in their place, which open a boundless view to the country all round. Here is alfo a magnificent bridge over the river in thefe gardens, and reckoned their principal ornament. From the garden is an easy afcent to the top of a hill in the park, on which is an equestrian ftatue of Marcus Aurelius, exactly refembling that in the Capitol at Rome. We omitted to mention one curiofity, which is fhewn in this magnificent structure, namely, a collection of head-pieces, coats of mail, and other armour, for both horfe and man, particularly thofe of Henry VIII. Edward VI. and a rich fuit of an Earl of Pembroke, nick-named Black Jack, which he wore when he befieged and took Boulogne in France, where he commanded under the king. Befides thefe, there are: twelve other fuits of armour, remarkable for their workmanship; but the rest, about a hundred in number, are only for common horsemen,

The late ea1 enriched his feat with a well-chofen library, and a collection of me.... dals, antiques, and other curiofities, which fhewed the juftnefs and elegance of his taile, who was one of the greatest virtuofos and antiquarians of the age. It is faid, his lordship had some thought of erecting a Stone henge in miniature, as it was fuppofed to be in its original glory, according to Dr. Stukeley, on the hill in his garden. Had this been finished, it would have added to the curiofities of Wilton, and been the admiration of foreigners as well as natives; for every one that views that Alupendous piece of antiquity in its ruins would with delight contemplate it, as it is fuppofed to have appeared in its flourish ing state.

Youth in its prime like the fweet fpring:

appears,

When all things (mile, yet ignorant of cares.-
But foon to bufy manhood youth gives
place.

And wintry are robs both of ev'ry grace.
For youth's a flow'r that quicklyfades away,
Swift as the blushing rofe in beauteous May.
And as the yellow theaves of ripen'd grain,
In harveft fall before the lab'ring fwain,
Ev'n fo, his strength decay'd, frail man is
found
(ground.
Like autumn leaves that wither on the
Since then fo fhort life's various race we
fee,

Great Leader of the months propicious be;
With virgin-white mark ev'ry paffing hour!
But not that fabl'd Janus we implore,
Whofe hofpitable roof did entertain
Old Saturn banish'd from his Cretan reign ;'
(Who taught him in return to till the earth,,
And give the golden grain of wheat its'
birth)

O Lord, our Maker and Preferver, we
With bumble adoration worship thee;
And thank thee for thy mercy and thy care,
In keeping us from danger the past year.
May ev'ry coming hour record thy paife;
And ev'ry day our gratitude ericrease.

But whatfoever lọt thou shalt affign,
Be Wifdom's portion and rich Virtue'sTM

mine!

With Fortune's fmiles or frowns I can dif
pense;

But O preferve the White of Innocence !
Then whenfoever, whether foon or late,
I moult the feathers of this mortal state,
With youth renew'd, I, eagle-like, fhall
rife

To triumph there where Virtue never dies.

PROLOGUE to the Double Miftake,
Spoken by Mr. SMITH.

"Where Critics, ftri&t examiners, are
plac'd

"To try each piece by that nice standard,
Tafte;

"And what to public ufe may be apply'd,
"Is justly faved, what faulty, thrown afide.

"Hence, 'tis the Poet's duty to difpenfe
"Each various vein of humour, wit, or
fenfe;
[fine
"Not mifer-like, to his own hoard con-
"The smallest fpark of Nature's genuine
mine;

"But to the Mufe his grateful tribute pay,
"And in the common mint his quota lay."

On this refolve, he to your sterling store
Prefents a fpecimen of untry'd ore;
If any worth it bears, affay'd by you,
His private talent is the public due;
And should it not difgrace your brilliant
mafs,

Give it your stamp, and let the metal pafs.

EPILOGUE. Spoken by Mifs WILFORD,
in the Character of Lady Louisa.

Had an Epilogue to speak to-night;
But I'm fo hurried, put in fuch a
fright,
[quite.
Deuce take me!--if I han't forgot it
To fee my name in fuft night's play-bill
printed,

duty,

Acharacter quite new, in time quite flinted;
An Epilogue, befides, to get by heart,
'Tis most unmerciful, too long a part-
But they fo coax'd and wheedled me to
[beauty,-
Left I fhould fret-for fretting fpils onc's
That in obedience to the kind command,
A fuppliant to your favour here I stand;
And hope, instead of what had been pre-
[heard,
Some nonfenfe of my own may now be
Well I have had a great escape, I own,
From being made the jeft of all the town;

par'd,

To please each heart, each judgment, eye
and ear,

[vere!

The attempt how bold! the labour how fe-
Thus I addrefs'd our Bard, who quick

reply'd,

With honeft diffidence and modeft pride:
"If I should fail, I shall not think it fhame
"To mifs, what few have gain'd, the
Wreath of Fame.

"This fpot I deem the public treasury,
"Where wits, rare coins, for general fer-
vice Tye';

pity,

Nor had I more to hope for from the City;
Such matches rarely anfwer either fide,
For induftry is fuited ill with pride.

But, to dive.t your cenfure, let me
fhew

A folly more compleat, a City-beau 1.
What contraft can there be fo strong in

nature,

As English plainnefs apeirg Petit maitre!
And yet poor I, by miffing fuch a lover,
May wait, till all my dancing days are
over!

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