The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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An Imitation of the 14th Epod in Hor.
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An Imitation of the 14th Epod in Hor.
Mollis Inertia cur tantam diffuderit imis
Oblivionem sensibus,
Pocula Lethæos ut si ducentia Somnos
Arente Fauce traxerim,
Candide Mæcenas, occidis sæpe rogando, &c.
Oblivionem sensibus,
Pocula Lethæos ut si ducentia Somnos
Arente Fauce traxerim,
Candide Mæcenas, occidis sæpe rogando, &c.
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Ask me no longer, dear Sir John,Why your Lampoon lies still undone,
'Fore George my Brain's grown addle;
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Why should you ask a Sot to ride
That cannot keep his Saddle?
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This was the poor Anacreon's Case,When doting on a smooth-chinn'd Face,
He pin'd away his Carcass.
To tune his Strings the Bard essay'd,
The Devil a String the Bard obey'd,
And was not this a hard Case?
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If you a constant Miss have got,Thank heaven devoutly for your Lot,
Such Blessings are not common.
While I, condemn'd to endless Pain,
Must tamely drag Belinda's Chain,
Yet know she's worse than—Woman.
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