If these esteem and admiration raise,

Give true delight, and gain unflatt'ring praise,
In one with'd view th' accomplish'd man we fee;
These graces all are thine, and thou art he.

THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY.

A POEM.

Occafioned by the departure of

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF ORANGE.

Written in the year 1734.

MILD rofe the Morn; the face of Nature bright
Wore one extensive smile of calm and light;
Wide o'er the land did hov'ring Silence reign,
Wide o'er the blue diffufion of the main;
When, lo! before me, on the southern fhore,
Stood forth the pow'r whom Albion's fons adore,

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Blefs'd Liberty! whose charge is Albion's ifle,
Whom Reason gives to bloom, and Truth to fmile;
Gives Peace to gladden, fhelt'ring Law to spread,
Learning to lift aloft her laurell'd head;

Rich Industry to view, with pleasing eyes,
Her fleets, her cities, and her harvests, rise.
In curious emblems ev'ry art exprest

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Glow'd from the loom, and brighten'd on his veft:

Science in various lights attention won,

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Wav'd on his robe, and glitter'd in the fun. [claim; "My words," he cry'd," my words obfervance "Refound, ye Mufes! and receive them, Fame! "Here was my station when o'er ocean wide "The great Third William stretch'd his naval pride: "I with my facred influence fwell'd his foul, "Th' enflav'd to free, th' enflaver to control. "In vain did waves disperse and winds detain; "He came, he fav'd; in his was feen my reign. "How juft, how great, the plan his foul defign'd 25 "To humble tyrants, and secure mankind! "Next Marlb'rough in his steps successful trod; "This godlike plann'd, that finish'd like a god; "And while Oppreffion fled to realms unknown, Europe was free, and Britain glorious fhone. "Where Naffau's race extenfive growth difplay'd, "There Freedom ever found a fhelt'ring shade. "Still Heav'n is kind.—See! from the princely reet "Millions to bless the branch aufpicious shoot. "He lives, he flourishes, his honours spread, "Fair virtues blooming on his youthful head: "Nurse him, ye heav'nly Dews! ye funny Rays! "Into firm health, fair fame, and length of days."

He paus'd; and cafting o'er the deep his eye, Where the laft billow fwells into the sky, Where, in gay vision, round th' horizon's line The moving clouds with various beauty shine,

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As dropping from their bofom, ting'd with gold,
Shoots forth a fail, amusive to behold;

Lo! while its light the glowing wave returns, 45 Broad like a fun the bark approaching burns: Near, and more near, great Naffau foon he spy'd, And beauteous Anna! Britain's eldest pride! Thus fpoke the Genius as advanc'd the fail"Hail, blooming Hero! high-born Princess! hail ; "Thy charms thy mother's love of truth display, 51 "Her light of virtue, and her beauty's ray; "Her dignity, which, copying the divine, "Soften'd thro' condefcenfion, learns to shine: "Greatness of thought, with prudence for its guide, Knowledge from nature and from art supply'd, 56 "To nobleft objects pointed various ways, "Pointed by Judgment's clear unerring rays." What manly virtues in her mind excel! Yet on her heart what tender paffions dwell! For, ah! what pangs did late her peace destroy, To part with thee, so wont to give her joy! How heav'd her breaft! how fadden'd was her mien! All in the mother then was loft the queen :

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The swelling tear then dimm'd her parting view, 65
The ftruggling figh ftopp'd fhort her laft adieu:
Ev'n now thy fancy'd perils fill her mind,
The fecret rock, rough wave, and rifing wind,
The fhoal fo treach'rous near the tempting land, 69
Th' ingulfing whirlpool, and the fwallowing fand;

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Thefe fancy'd perils all, by day, by night,
In thoughts alarm her, and in dreams affright!
For thee her heart unceafing love declares,
In doubts, in hopes, in wishes, and in pray'rs!
Her pray'rs are heard-For me, 't is thine to brave
The fand, the shoal, rock,' whirlpool, wind, and wave:
Kind Safety waits to waft thee gently o'er, '.
And Joy to greet thee on the Belgic fhore.

May future times, when their fond praise would tell How moft their fav'rite characters excel, 80 Howblefs'd! howgreat!--then may their fongs declare So great! fo blefs'd!-such Anne and Naffau were.

THE ANIMALCULE.

A TALE.

Occafioned by his Grace the Duke of Rutland's receiving the Small-pox by inoculation.

I.

IN Animalcules, Mufe! display
Spirits of name unknown in fong.
Reader! a kind attention pay,

Nor think an useful comment long.

H.

Far lefs than mites, on mites they prey;
Minuteft things may swarms contain:
When o'er your iv'ry teeth they stray,
Then throb your little nerves with pain.

III.

Fluids in drops miuntely swell ;-
These subtile beings each contains;
In the small fanguine globes they dwell,
Roll from the heart, and trace the veins.
IV.

Thro' ev'ry tender tube they rove,
In finer spirits strike the brain,
Wind quick thro' ev'ry fibrous grove,
And seek, thro' pores, the heart again.

But when our lives are Nature's due,
Air, feas, nor fire, their frames diffolve,
They matter thro' all forms purfue,
And oft' to genial heats revolve.

VII.

Thus once an Animalcule prov'd,
When man, a patron to the bays,
This patron was in Greece belov'd,
Yet fame was faithlefs to his praise.
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In Rome this Animalcule grew
Mecenas, whom the Claffics rate;