You take a name; Philander's odes are seen, And your dark pages please th'enlighten'd age,--- Go! to your desks and counters all return; Of all the good that mortal men pursue, The Muse has least to give, and gives to few`; Like some coquettish fair, she leads us on, } With smiles and hopes, till youth and peace are gone; Forget how constant one, and one how fair: Brings power and wealth to grace her lover's side; you Or weigh her Laws, their ancient rights defend, Tho' hosts oppose, be theirs and reason's friend; Arm'd with strong powers, in their defence engage, And rise the THURLOW of the future age. ARGUMENT. The Subject:-Poverty and Cunning described :-When -united, a jarring Couple.-Mutual reproof.―The Wife consoled by a Dream.-Birth of a Daughter.-Description and Prediction of Envy :-How to be rendered ineffectual, explained in a Vision.-Simulation foretells the future Success and Triumphs of Flattery.-Her Power over various Characters and different Minds ;— over certain Classes of Men;-over Envy himself.Her successful Art of softening the Evils of Life ;-of changing Characters;-of meliorating Prospects, and affixing Value to Possessions, Pictures, &c.-Conclusion. |