1 "England. His political writings will probably "be little read on any other account than for the dignity and energy of his style; but his Dic"tionary, his moral essays, and his productions in polite literature, will convey useful instruction "and elegant entertainment, as long as the language in which they are written shall be under"stood, and give him a just claim to a distinguish. "ed rank among the best and ablest writers that "England has produced." LONDON: A POEM: IN IMITATION OF THE THIRD SATIRE OF JUVENAL. Written in 1738. -Quis ineptæ Tam patiens urbis, tam ferreus ut teneat se? Juv. 'THO' grief and fondness in my breast rebel, 2 For who would leave, unbrib'd, Hibernia's land, Or change the rocks of Scotland for the Strand? JUV. Sat. III. Quamvis digressu veteris confusus amici; 2 Ego vel Prochytam præpono Suburræ, There none are swept by sudden fate away, 3 While THALES waits the wherry that contains A transient calm the happy scenes bestow, And for a moment lull the sense of woe. At length awaking, with contemptuous frown, Indignant THALES eyes the neighb'ring town. 4 Since worth, he cries, in these degenerate days Wants even the cheap reward of empty praise; 3 Sed, dum tota domus rhedâ componitur urâ, Substitit ad veteres arcus. 4 Hic tunc Umbritius: Quando artibus, inquit, honestis Nullus in urbe locus, nulla emolumenta laborum, Res hodie minor est, heri quam fuit, atque eadem cras Ire, fatigatas ubi Dædalus exuit alas; Dum nova canities. # Queen Elizabeth, born at Greenwich |