Here's Troy, fays he, then draws the walls in fand:
There Simois flows, here my battalions stand.
A field there was, (and then defcribes the field)
Where Dolon, with rewards deceiv'd, we kill'd.
Juft thus entrench'd imagine Rhefus lies,
And here we make his warlike fteeds our prize.
Much he defcrib'd, when a deftructive wave
Wash'd off the flender Troy, and rolling gave
To Rhefus and his tents one common grave.
Long with delight his charming tongue the heard,
The well-rais'd paffion in her looks appear'd:
The goddess weeps to view his spreading fails,
So much a foldier with the fex prevails.
Diftruft thy form, fond youth, and learn to know,
There's more requir'd in love than empty fhow.
With just disdain fhe treats the haughty mind,
'Tis complaifance that makes a beauty kind.
The hawk we hate that always lives in arms,
The raging wolf that every flock alarms :
But the mild swallow none with toils infests,
And none the foft Chaonian bird molefts.
Debates avoid, and rude contention fhun;
A woman's with fubmiffive language won.
Let the wife rail, and injur'd husband swear,
Such freedoms are allow'd the marry'd pair:
Difcord and ftrife to nuptial beds belong,
The portion juftifies a clamorous tongue.
With tender vows the yielding maid endear,
And let her only fighs and wishes hear.
Contrive with words and actions to delight,
Still charm her car, and still oblige her fight,
I no inftructions to the rich impart,
He needs not, that presents, my useless art:
The giving lover's handfome, valiant, wife,
His happy fortune is above advice.
I to the needy fing; though poor, I love,
And, wanting wealth, with melting language move. 200
His honour storms a stubborn damfel's door;
I'm cautious to affront, because I 'm poor.
With pleafing arts I court, with arts poffefs;
Or if I'm bounteous, 'tis in promises.
Enrag'd, I ruffled once Corinna's hair,
Long was I banish'd by the injur'd fair ;
Long mournful nights for this confum'd alone,
Nor could my tears the furious maid atone.
Weeping, the vow'd, a fuit of point I tore ;
Falfely the vow'd, but I muft purchase more.
Make not your guilty mafter's crime your own,
But by my punishment my error fhun;
Indecent fury from her fight remove,
No paffion let your mistress know, but love.
Yet if the haughty nymph 's unkind and coy,
Or fhuns your fight; have patience, and enjoy.
By flow degrees we bend the ftubborn bow;
What force resists, with art will pliant grow.
In vain we stem a torrent's rapid force,
But swim with ease, complying with its course.
By gentler arts we favage beafts reclaim,
And lions, bulls, and furious tigers tame.
Fiercely Atlanta o'er the foreft rov'd,
Cruel and wild, and yet at last she lov'd.
Melanion long deplor'd his hopeless flame,
And, weeping, in the woods pursued the scornful dame :
On his fubmiffive neck her toils he wore,
And with his miftrefs chac'd the dreadful boar.
Arm'd to the woods I bid you not repair,
Nor follow over hills the favage fair:
My foft injunctions lefs fevere you'll find,
Eafy to learn, and fram'd to every mind.
Her wishes never, nor her will withstand;
Submit, you conquer; ferve, and you 'll command.
Her words approve, deny what she denies ;
Like, where the likes; and where the fcorns, defpife.
Laugh when she smiles: when fad, dissolve in tears;
Let every gefture fympathize with hers.
If the delights, as women will, in play,
Her stakes return, your ready lofings pay.
When the's at cards, or rattling dice the throws,
Connive at cheats, and generously lose.
A finiling winner let the nymph remain,
Let your pleas'd mistress every conqueft gain.
In heat, with an umbrello ready stand;
When walking, offer your officious hand.
Her trembling hands, though you sustain the cold,
Cherish, and to your warmer bofom hold.
Think no inferior office a difgrace;
No action, that a miftrefs gains, is base.
The hero that eluded Juno's fpite,
And every monfter overcame in fight;
That past fo many bloody labours o'er,
And well deferv'd that heav'n whose weight he bore: Amidst Ionian damfels carding stands,
And grafps the diftaff with obedient hands;
In all commands the haughty dame obeys;
And who difdains to act like Hercules?
If the 's at law, be fure commend the laws,
Solicit with the judge, or plead her cause.
With patience at the affignation wait,
Early appear, attend her coming late.
Whene'er fhe wants a meffenger, away,
And her commands with flying feet obey.
When late from fupper fhe 's returning home,
And calls her fervant, as a fervant come.
She for the country air retires from town,
You want a coach, or horfe, why foot it down:
Let not the fultry feafon of the year,
The falling fnows, or conftant rain deter.
Love is a warfare; an ignoble floth
Seems equal contemptible in both :
In both are watchings, duels, anxious cares,
The foldier thus, and thus the lover fares;
With rain he's drench'd, with piercing tempefts shakes,
And on the colder earth his lodging takes.
Fame fays that Phoebus kept Admetus' herd;
And coarfely in an humble cottage far'd ;
No fervile offices the god deny'd;
Learn this, ye lovers, and renounce your pride.
When all excefs is to your mistress hard,
When every door fecur'd, and window barr'd;
The roof untile, fome defperate paffage find :
You cannot be too bold to make her kind :
Oh, how the 'll clafp you when the dangers o'er,
And value your deferving paffion more!
Thus through the boisterous feas Leander mov'd,
Not to poffefs, but shew how much he lov'd.
Nor blufhing think how low you condefcend
To court her maids, and make each flave your friend :
Each by their names familiarly falute,
And beg them to promote your amorous fuit.
Perhaps a bribe's requir'd; your bounty show,
And from your flender fortune part bestow.
A double bribe the chamber-maid fecures;
And when the favorite 's gain'd, the fair is your's.
She'll add, to every thing you do, a grace,
And watch the wanton hours, and time her praise.
When fervants merry make, and feast and play,
Then give her fomething to keep holiday.
Retain them every one, the porter most,
And her who nightly guards the happy coaft.
I no profufe nor coftly gifts commend,
But choofe and time it well, whate'er you fend.
Provide the product of the early year,
And let your boy the rural prefent bear;
Tell her 'twas fresh, and from your manor brought,
Though ftale, and in the fuburb market bought,
The first ripe cluster let your mistress eat,
With chefnuts, melons, and fair peaches treat :
Some larger fish, or choicer fowl prefent :
They recommend your paffion, where they 're fent.
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