DISERTISSIME Romuli Nepotum,

Quot funt, quotque fuêre, Marce Tullì,
Et quot pòft aliis erunt in annis,
Gratias tibi maximas CATULLUS,
Agit peffimus omnium Poeta ;-
Tanto peffimus omnium Poeta,
Quanto tu optimus omnium patronus.

IMITATED

After Dining with Mr. MURRAY.

THOU, of British Orators the chief That were, or are in being, or belief; All eminence and goodness as thou art, Accept the gratitude of POET SMART,The meaneft of the tuneful train as far, As thou tranfcend'ft the brighteft at the bar.

Salve, quæ fingis proprio modulamine carmen,
Salve, Memnoniam vox imitata lyram!
Dalcè O divinùmque fonas fine pollicis ictu,
Dives naturæ fimplicis, artis inops !

Talia, quæ inculta dant mellea labra puellæ,
Talia funt faciles quæ modulantur aves.

On the other Side.

HAIL heav'nly harp, where Memnon's fkill is fhewn,

That charm'ft the ear with mufick all thine own!
Which tho' untouch'd, can'ft rapt'rous ftrains impart.
O rich of genuine nature, free from art!
Such the wild warblings of the fylvan throng,
So fimply fweet the untaught virgin's fong,

On the other End.

Chriftophorus Smart Henrico Bell Armigero.

An

An EPIGRAM by Sir Thomas More.

NON

De Tyndaro.

ON minimo infignem nafo dum forte puellam Bafiat, en! voluit Tyndarus effe dicax.

Fruftra, ait, ergo tuis mea profero labra labellis,
Noftra procul nafus diftinet ora tuus.
Protinus erubuit, tacitaque excanduit irâ,
Nempe parum falfo tacta puella fale.

Nafus ab ore meus tua fi tenet ofcula, dixit,
Quà nafus non eft, hâc dare parte potes.

The LONG-NOSED FAIR.

ONCE on a time I fair Dorinda kifs'd,
Whose nose was too diftinguifh'd to be mifs'd;
My dear, fays I, I fain would kifs you closer,
But tho' your lips fay aye-your nose says, no, Sir.-
The maid was equally to fun inclin'd,

And plac'd her lovely lilly-hand behind;

Here, fwain, the cry'd, may'st thou fecurely kiss, Where there's no nofe to interrupt thy blifs.

FANNY, BLOOMING FAIR.

Tranflated into Latin, in the manner of Mr. Bourne.

I.

CUM primùm ante oculos, viridi lasciva juventâ,

Non temere attonitos Fannia pulchra stetit,
Ut mihi fe gratus calor infinuavit in offa
Miranti fpeciem, virgineumque decus!
Dum partes meditor varias, & amabile-quid non
Luftrandique acies magna libido capit;
Prodigus & laudum dum formam ad fidera tollo,
Subdolus en! furtim labitur intus amor.

II.

Idalii pueri, Venerisque exercitus omnis
Exornat multo fumina foeta dolo;

Hic currus, hic tela jacent, hic arcus Amoris,
Cypri pofthabitis hic manet ipfe jugis.
Nativis gena pulchra rofis veftita fuperbit,
Invalidam artificis fpernere nata manum;
Non tantas jactat veneres fuaviffimus horti
Incola, quando novis fpirat amoma comis..

Concinnis membris patet immortalis origo,
Illa Jovis monftrant quid potuêre manus ;
Reginamque Cnidi, formofam Cyprida, reddit,
Quicunque egregio ludit in ore decor!

Quanta

FANNY, BLOOMING FAIR.

I.

WHEN Fanny, blooming fair,

Firft caught my ravish'd fight,
Pleas'd with her shape and air,
I felt a ftrange delight:
Whilst eagerly I gaz'd,
Admiring ev'ry part,
And ev'ry feature prais'd,
She ftole into my heart.

In her bewitching eyes

II.

Ten thousand loves appear; There Cupid basking lies,

His fhafts are hoarded there.. Her blooming checks are dy'd With colour all her own, Exceliing far the pride

Of roles newly blown.

III.

Her well turn'd limbs confefs

The lucky hand of Jove;

Her features all exprefs

The beauteous queen of love.