Dum licet, in rebus jucundis vive beatus: Ambo propofitum peragunt iter, urbis aventes Away they come, thro' thick and thin, ('Twas on the night of a Debate, When all their Lordships had fate late.) 185 190 The Napkins white, the Carpet red: 195 The Guests withdrawn had left the Treat, And down the Mice fate, tête à tête. Our Courtier walks from dish to dish, Taftes for his Friend of Fowl and Fish; Tells all their names, lays down the law, Que ça eft bon! Ab gouter ça ! "That Jelly's rich, this Malmsey healing, 200 205 Ille cubans gaudet mutata forte, bonisque Rebus agit laetum convivam: cum fubito ingens Valvarum ftrepitus lectis excuffit utrumque. Currere per totum parifi conclave; magisque Exanimes trepidare, fimul domus alta Moloffis Perionnit canibus, tum ruficus, Hand mihi vita EA opus hac, ait, er valeas: me fylva, cavusque Tutus ab infcis renal labitur ervo 210 "I have a thousand thanks to give — "My Lord alone knows how to live." No fooner faid, but from the Hall Rush Chaplain, Butler, Dogs and all: "A Rat, a Rat! clap to the door The Cat comes bouncing on the floor. O for the heart of Homer's Mice, Or Gods to fave them in a trice! (It was by Providence they think, For your damn'd Stucco has no chink.) "An't please your Honour, quoth the Peasant, "This fame Deffert is not so pleasant : "Give me again my hollow Tree, "A Cruft of Bread, and Liberty! 215 220 LIBER IV. ODE I. AD VENERE M. NTERMISSA, Venus, diu Rurfus bella moves? parce precor, precor. Non fum qualis eram bonae Sub regno Cynarae. define, dulcium Mater faeva Cupidinum, Circa luftra decem flectere mollibus Jam durum imperiis: abi Quo blandae juvenum te revocant preces. Tempeftivius in domum Paulli, purpureis ales oloribus, Comiffabere Maximi; Si torrere jecur quaeris idoneum. Namque et nobilis, et decens, Et pro folicitis non tacitus reis, |