This was a Conqueft At a fingle Spoil In Fields of Battle, where the Sword waftes wide, Of Creatures form'd to last but half our Days: Great BARD! what various Thoughts difturb'd my Head, When I beheld thee number'd with the Dead? Distinguish'd only by a decent Care, To fay--what late Immortal Gueft lodg'd--there. "Such Pow'r the Afhes of the Virtuous crave, Recover'd thus; I view'd around me spread The Scepter'd Monarch and the Mitred Head; KINGS more than dead, as feeming to accuse Thy Fate, and want of thy recording Muse. SONG. MOLL SONG. "OLLY's form'd to give Defire, To enflave all Human Kind, Lovely MOLLY was defign'd, By Nature, by Nature, by Nature. II. MOLLY long have I in vain But cruel MOLLY 's fcornful Eye III. Prithee MOLLY, grow more wife, Or I for all my Sighing, May the cunning Lover play, And confult a safer Way Than Dying, &c. PRO PROLOGUE Spoken by Mr. RYAN, On the first Time of his Playing the Part of ORONO OKO. FORONO OKO in the Drama fhines, Could raise an EDEN in a barren Land. If his Imoinda's Chaft and beauteous too, If he has ftrove to please, your Favours first the Free will range. The Bird confin'd may sing against his Will, O! let us vary then our Notes with ease, IMITATION of the Thirteenth ODE of the L Fourth Book of HORAC E. Audivere, LYCE, Di mea vota, &c. UCr, at last, thank Heav'n, I trace Old AG E upon your wrinkled Face, II. In vain Rose-water you bestow, To make them sweet and taking; A Jew (fo much the Tribe would fear you) Would never venture to come near you, You look fo like Hung-Bacon. III. PHYLLIS engroffes all our Hearts, And wounds the Heart with Pleasure. IV. But he difdains to come to you, With Teeth as black as Soot? With Looks that would poor Mortals Fright, And fuch a Breath would put to Flight Ten ThousandHorfe and Foot. |