XXVIII.

PRIOR.

TO John I owed great obligation;

But John unhappily thought fit

To publish it to all the nation.

Sure John and I are more than quit.

XXIX.

EARL NUGENT.

THE gentle Pen with looks demure
A while was thought a virgin pure :
But Pen, as ancient poets say,

Undid by night the work of day.

XXVIII.

GRATIA RELATA.

QUAE nobis satis ampla contulisti,

Aureli, benefacta, tu per omnes

Vulgasti plateas, et angiportus:

Quis neget tibi gratiam hanc relatam ?

XXIX.

PENELOPE.

DIALOGUS.

A. EN

nova Penelope! absenti quam fida marito! Quam puros degens, et sine labe, dies!

B. Credo dies; sed Penelope, ni fallit Homerus,
Nocte retexebat sedula lucis opus.

XXX.

LESBIA.

PULCHRAE olim et facili nostrum tibi Lesbia amorem

Jurabam longum perpetuumque fore:

Nunc tam mutatae tibi si servire tulissem,

Non servata esset, sed mea rupta fides.

XXXI.

DETRECTATOR.

IMPUNE tot nobis ut ingeras

Tam falsa tu convicia!

Plectere, poenam dans gravissimam :
-De te quod est verum audies.

K

XXXII.

CARLISLE.

FROM THE ARABIC.

WHEN born, in tears we saw thee drowned,

Whilst thy assembled friends around

With smiles their joy confest;

So live, that in thy latest hour

We the floods of sorrow pour,

may

And thou in smiles be drest.