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MUSCIPriiA 
 
 SIVE 
 
 CAMBROMYOMACHIAs 
 
 THE 
 
 MOUSE-TRAP, 
 
 OR 
 
 THE BATTLE OF THE WELSH AND THE MICE ; 
 
 IN LATIN AND ENGLISH : 
 
 WITH OTHER POEMS, 
 
 IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 
 
 BY AN AMERICAN. 
 
 NE W.YORK: 
 
 PUBLISHED BY M. W. DODD. 
 
 ALBANY: W. C. LITTLE. BOSTON: CROCKER & BREWSTER* 
 
 PHILADELPHIA; J. WHETHAM. 
 

 ENTERED, according to act of Congress, in the year 1840, by John D. Spald- 
 ing, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of 
 New-York. 
 
 J. D. SPALDING, PR. 
 
TO THE 
 
 PRESIDENTS, PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS 
 
 OF 
 
 UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, 
 
 AND TO THE 
 
 PRINCIPALS, INSTRUCTERS AND PUPILS 
 
 OF 
 
 ACADEMIES AND CLASSICAL SCHOOLS, 
 
 IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS INSCRIBED ; 
 
 WITH THE HOPE, 
 
 THAT IT MAY FURNISH A MOTIVE, 
 
 TO EXCITE THE YOUTH OF THIS COUNTRY, 
 
 NOT ONLY TO THE DILIGENT AND ACCURATE STUDY, 
 
 BUT ALSO TO THE THOROUGH ACQUISITION OF THE 
 
 DEAD LANGUAGES; 
 
 THE ATTAINMENT OF WHICH 
 
 HAS, OF LATE YEARS, BECOME UNPOPULAR 
 
 WITH A LARGE PORTION OF OUR COUNTRYMEN, 
 
 TO THE GREAT LOSS OF MENTAL DISCIPLINE ; 
 AND THE SERIOUS INJURY OF THE INTERESTS OF 
 
 LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Preface Page 5. 
 
 Muscipula— The Mouse-trap . . . 10 & 11 
 
 Dr. Watts' Latin Ode— English translation 38 & 39 
 
 English Ode — Latin translation 50 & 51 
 
 Ode of Sappho translated into English . . 54 
 
 The same attempted in French .... 55 
 
 Horatii Od. 22. Lib. 1 56 
 
 The same translated into Greek .... 57 
 The same translated into English ... 58 
 
 Meditation over a Dying Patient . . . .59 
 
 A Pindarick Ode 61 
 
 An Elegy and Palinody : 66 
 
 The Desperate Wish 72 
 
 A Song for the Sons of Liberty . . . .76 
 To a certain Brave Officer .... 80 
 
 Appendix 85 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 The most of the following poems were written between eighty 
 and ninety years ago ; and are the production of a respectable 
 Physician, who died near the close of the last century. 
 
 His manuscripts, which are voluminous, and on various sub- 
 jects, both literary and scientifick, have remained in the hands 
 of his family, to the present time; and the following selection 
 has been made, merely as a specimen of poetick talent and lit- 
 erary acquirements. The fate of the residue will depend on 
 the reception, with which this volume meets, from the Ameri- 
 can publick. 
 
 The Author was a native of the State of New-York. He was 
 educated at one of the oldest Colleges in this country, at which, 
 he graduated at a very early age, and of which, he was after- 
 wards an officer. 
 
 After completing his professional studies and spending sev- 
 eral years in the practice of medicine; with the view of qualify- 
 ing himself for more extensive usefulness in his profession, he 
 voluntarily relinquished a lucrative practice, and the endear- 
 ments of home, and embarked for Europe. In the course of the 
 voyage, the packet in which he sailed was attacked by a French 
 privateer, and our author was slightly wounded. He, however, 
 arrived in safety, and remained nearly three years abroad, not 
 lounging about the cities, or flying from kingdom to king- 
 dom, merely to gratify an idle curiosity, or to make a boast of 
 what he had seen and where he had been j but in the diligent 
 prosecution of the object, for which he had left his native land 
 and the home of his fond parents, of whom he was then their 
 only surviving child. A large portion of his time was spent on 
 the continent: and at one of the oldest universities, he receiv- 
 ed the degree of M. D. after undergoing a thorough examina- 
 tion, as his Diploma certifies, " per universam Medicinam ;" and 
 delivering a Latin dissertation on an assigned Thesis,- and de- 
 fending the same, "prompte adversus Professorum opponentium 
 argumenta objectionesque ;' ; incompliance with the regulations 
 of the Institution. He also resided several months in the city 
 of London, where he attended a course of Anatomical Lec- 
 tures, and enjoyed the privileges of one of the publick Hospitals. 
 The associations, in which he was then placed, occasioned some 
 of the most severe satires that ever proceeded from his pen. 
 
b PREFACE. 
 
 Having accomplished the object of his tour, procured some 
 rare and highly valuable additions to his medical library, and 
 furnished himself with surgical instruments, to an extent, pos- 
 sessed by few, at that period, in this country, he returned to his 
 native State, where he continued in the diligent and successful 
 exercise of his profession, to the time of his decease. 
 
 Having been a hard student from his early years, and engag- 
 ed in extensive professional occupation, in reference to which 
 he continued to read and write with singular diligence, much of 
 his leisure was devoted to literary pursuits. The success which 
 attended these efforts may be inferred from the fact, that before 
 he commenced his foreign travels, he had made himself master 
 of seven different languages, several of which were so familiar 
 to him, that he could converse or compose in them, with nearly 
 the same facility, as in his mother-tongue. Hence, many of his 
 MSS. are in those languages. As a literary curiosity, it is wor- 
 thy of mention, that he has left a Latin versification of the 
 CXVIIth Psalm, in all the varieties of metre, of the different 
 Odes of Horace. 
 
 Nor was his attention confined to mere matters of literature, 
 but was directed, with equal interest, to those of a scientifick 
 character. His MSS. show, that the subjects of Chemistry and 
 Electricity, then in their infancy, and other branches of Natural 
 Science had not only arrested his attention, but, led him to in- 
 vestigations and results that would be thought impracticable, 
 with no other apparatus, than his own mechanical genius and 
 skill constructed. 
 
 From a very early age, our Author manifested a decided taste 
 for poetry; and this species of composition constituted his prin- 
 cipal relaxation, from the labours of study or professional en- 
 gagements. Many of his MSS. were injured, and some entirely 
 destroyed, in the revolutionary war; his house having been re- 
 peatedly plundered by the enemy, to whom he was peculiarly 
 obnoxious, on account of his undisguised whig principles. Sev- 
 eral poems of a patriotick character were published at that 
 time ; but owing to the existing circumstances of the country, 
 they did not excite that attention, to which, it is believed, their 
 merits entitled them. 
 
 The occasion on which the Cambromyomachia, the principal 
 poem in this selection, was written, is unknown : and from 
 some remarks on a blank leaf of the translation, a doubt might 
 arise, as to his intention of claiming its authorship. This cir- 
 cumstance, however, is fully explained, on the supposition, that 
 he was preparing to publish it anonymously, which had been 
 the uniform mode of all his former publications. 
 
PREFACE. / 7 
 
 * 
 
 / That it is of American origin, there is no reason to doubt. And 
 that the Translator was fully adequate to the composition of 
 the original, is evident, from the multifarious productions of 
 his pen j if not from the few specimens which this little volume 
 furnishes. The Poem has been submitted to the examination 
 of many literary gentlemen, some of whom were educated in 
 Europe, who unitedly declare that they never saw or heard 
 of the work before. That our author did not possess himself 
 of the poem in his foreign travels, is evident from the fact, that 
 the translation was made shortly after he graduated, which 
 was before he had attained the twentieth year of his age, and 
 several years before he sailed for Europe. 
 
 That it possesses great merit as a Latin Poem, no person 
 thoroughly acquainted with that language will venture to dis- 
 pute. With the bare exception of a few modern names unknown 
 to the ancients, the Latin is that of the Augustan age. And in 
 regard to the versification, the whole poem has been repeatedly 
 scanned, with entire satisfaction, by classes of advanced scholars, 
 under one of the most accurate teachers, that the University of 
 Edinburgh ever furnished to this country. And it has been 
 said by one well qualified to judge, that " it is written with the 
 greatest accuracy ; and demonstrates the author to have at- 
 tained a thorough acquaintance with the Roman language. — 
 The numbers are so exact, the language so elegant and pure, 
 the style so well adapted to the subject, in every part, and the 
 descriptions so lively, that it had not been unworthy of a Ro- 
 man born." 
 
 Of the merits of the Translation, as such, the learned reader 
 alone is a competent judge. That it should be fully equal to 
 the original is not to be expected, when we consider the supe- 
 rior strength and copiousness of the Latin tongue, and the pe- 
 culiar fitness of its rules of versification, especially in heroick 
 measure, to diversified description. There is, however, an apt- 
 ness and liveliness in this respect, that will not be overlooked 
 by the scholar, and which cannot fail to interest the mere Eng- 
 lish reader. Though the translation is not literal, and in some 
 respects, may be denominated ' free,' yet the true sense of the 
 original is singularly maintained. This last remark applies to 
 the other translations in the volume. To afford the reader an 
 opportunity of readily making a comparison, the two Odes of 
 Dr. Watts, the one in Latin and the other in English, and an 
 Ode of Horace, are printed side by side, with their respective 
 versions. In regard to the English Poems, the mere English 
 reader will be able to form his own opinion. To say they are 
 superior to much that passes for poetry, in the present day, 
 would be saying very little in their favour. And it will be no 
 
B PREFACE. 
 
 disparagement of their merits, in the view of patriotick Ameri- 
 cans, that they were written by a native citizen, almost a cen- 
 tury ago, who, by his pen, if not by his sword, bore an active 
 part, in the struggle of his country for freedom, and in the de- 
 fence of her institutions after she had achieved her independence. 
 
 It is proper to inform the reader, that the Notes have been 
 recently compiled, to illustrate the historical and other allusions 
 in the text, and to give additional interest to the Poems. They 
 have been extended beyond what is necessary for the Classical 
 scholar, for the benefit of less informed readers. 
 
 No apology is deemed necessary for the heterogeneous mat- 
 ter and arrangement of the present volume, as the design of the 
 publication is merely to present a specimen of the Author's 
 writings. 
 
 It has often been said, to the reproach of our country, that 
 it has produced few distinguished scholars, in any department 
 of literature or science. This reflection, in some respects, mer- 
 ited, instead of exciting our youth to wipe off the foul aspersion, 
 appears to have operated as a discouragement to those exer- 
 tions, which their talents and increased advantages, would other- 
 wise warrant. If the present publication should add any thing, 
 however little, to the stock of American literature, and encour- 
 age and excite the rising generation to cultivate the study of 
 languages and the fine arts, the Proprietor will have the satis- 
 faction of having conferred a benefit on his country, while pay- 
 ing a just tribute of respect to the memory of a revered ancestor. 
 
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PROGRAMME. 
 
 'The Cambromyomachia, as to its chief design, is a Satire on the Welsh 
 iation. It will be found, however, to have the air of an Epick Poem : and, 
 herefore, although satire and epick poetry, according to the opinion of crit- 
 cks, are incompatible, yet I will venture to style it, a Satirico-Epick Poem, 
 whose hero is no less a personage than St. David, Archbishop of St. David's. 
 However satirical the production, and ludicrous the subject, the great moral 
 of the story is this : that, art and stratagem can perform with ease, that 
 
 WHICH FORCE, IN ALL ITS FORMS, ATTEMPTS IN VAIN.' 
 
 And when we consider, how often those small, and, in themselves, trifling 
 incidents, which are generally regarded as the result of accident, have led the 
 way to many interesting discoveries, that have contributed greatly to the ad- 
 vancement of science, and suggested important inventions and improvements 
 in the mechanick arts ; the ludicrous occurrence, which happened to our he- 
 ro, while reposing on his bed, will not be regarded as destitute of the impor- 
 tance attached to it, in the following production. 
 
 The Notes, to which reference is made, will be found in the Appendix» 
 
MUSCIPULA 
 
 SIVE 
 
 CAMBROMYOMACHIA^ 
 
 LIBER I. 
 
 Monticolam Britonem, qui primus vincula muri 
 Finxit, et ingenioso occlusit carcere furem, 
 Lethalesque dolos, et inextricabile fatum, 
 Musa refer ! Tu Phoebe potens,(nam te quoque quondam 
 Muribus infestum dixerunt,) Smyntheef Vates, 5 
 
 O faveas ; et tot Chambrorum e montibus, unum 
 Accipiens vice Pindi,{ adsis, dum pingere versu 
 Res tenues humilique juvat colludere Musa. 
 
 Mus, inimicum animal, predari et vivere rapto 
 Suetum, impune diu, spolii qua innata libido 10 
 
 Jusserat, erravit, sceleratam exercuit artem 
 
 ♦See note A. f B. JC. 
 
THE JTIOUSE-TRAP 
 
 OB 
 
 THE BATTLE OF THE WELSH AND THE MICE. 
 
 CANTO I. 
 
 The British Mountaineer of wond'rous mind, 
 Who, first of men, a Mouse-trap's plan design'd, 
 Who artful, first the wily prison wrought, 
 Sing, laughing Muse, and how a mouse he caught. 
 Say, by what arts, he trapp'd the pilfering foe, 5 
 
 And hopeless lost in labyrinths of wo. 
 — And since the mice, as laurel'd bards relate, 
 Once felt thy wrath, and fell beneath thy hate, 
 Favour, Great Smyntheus ! and, from all, assume 
 Some Cambrian mountain, in thy Pindus* room ; 10 
 Present thereon, assist, while I rehearse 
 These little things, in correspondent verse. 
 
 Long did the Mouse, a noxious animal, rovo 
 Safely where'er rapacious nature drove ; 
 Greedy of spoil, nor of revenge afraid, 15 
 
 On ev'ry side, he drove his cursed trade : 
 
12 MUSCIPULA. 
 
 lmpavidus, saliensque hinc illinc, cuncta maligno 
 Corrupit dente, et patina male lusit in omni. 
 Nil erat intactum, sed ubique domesticus hostis 
 Assiduus conviva aderat ; non moenia furtis 15 
 
 Obstare, aut vectes poterant servare placentas 
 Robustaeve fores : qua non data porta, peredit 
 Ac sibi introituin, dapibusque indulsit inemptis. 
 
 Pestis at hsec totum dum serpsit inulta per orbem, 
 Cambria* precipue flevit, quia caseus illic 20 
 
 Multus olet, quern mus non seque ac plurima libat, 
 Aut levitur tantum arrodit, sed dente frequente 
 Excavat interiusque domos exculpit edules. 
 
 Gens tota incensa est super his rabiesque dolorque 
 Discruciant animos ; frendent, juga summa pererrant ; 
 Stare loco ignorant ; nam Cambris prona furorif 26 
 Corda calent, subitaque ignescunt pectora bile, 
 Cum digitis credas animos quoque sulphure tinctos. 
 
 * Note D. f E. 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 13 
 
 Skipp'd here and there, and ravag'd all around, -v 
 
 With tooth malignant nibbled all he found, > 
 
 Nor left a dish, before he left a wound. ^ 
 
 No choicest bit escap'd the general pest, 20 
 
 This home-bred foe was ev'ry where a guest : 
 
 No walls or grates, no barricado'd door 
 
 Could brave his thefts, or keep the loaves secure : 
 
 For soon he'd gnaw himself a door alone, 
 
 And boldly feast on dainties not his own. 25 
 
 But whilst this pest crept plund'ring round the w r orld, 
 Still safe from vengeance, on his robb'ries huiTd, 
 No land with Wales, had equal losses borne ; 
 No other land had equal cause to mourn. 
 Plenty itself her miseries procur'd ; 30 
 
 Her fragrant cheese the wand'ring mouse allur'd ; 
 Cheese, to a mouse, a delicate repast, 
 Most else he nibbles, sated with a taste ; 
 Not so the cheese ; on this he often falls, 
 Gnaws houses out, and feasts upon the walls. 35 
 
 Th' afflicted nation now its losses mourns, 
 And now incensed with rage, indignant burns : 
 They gnash their teeth, and o'er the mountains run, 
 Resistless wrath impetuous drives them on: 
 Welsh furious passions ev'ry soul inspire, 40 
 
 Flame in their breasts, and set them all on fire. 
 Sulphur, (you'd thought, so hot their rage became,) . 
 Daub'd not their lingers only, but the same 
 O'erspread their minds, to feed the mighty flame. ^ 
 
14 MUSCIPULA. 
 
 LIBER II. 
 
 Ergo, jubente ira, dignas cum sanguine pcenas 
 Sumere discretum est ; sed qua ratione latronem 30 
 Tarn cautum illaqueent, quo vindice furta repellant, 
 Incertum : neque felis enim tua, Cambre, tueri 
 Tecta, nee adversis poterat suceurrere rebus. 
 Ilia, quidem varias posuit cireum ora cavernae 
 Insidias ;* tacitoque pede ad cava limina repens, 35 
 Excubias egit ; Frustra : Mus nempe pusillo 
 Corpore securus, tanto et preestantior hoste, 
 Quo minor, intentum pra3da3 si forte videret 
 Custodem ante fores, retro irruit inque recessus 
 Aufugit curvos atque invia felibus antra ; 40 
 
 Inde caput metuens iterum proferre, nee ausus 
 Excursus tentare novos, nisi castra moveret 
 Prsedo, atque omne aberat vigili cum fele periclum. 
 
 Sic Cambrif (Cambros liceat componere muri) 
 Elusere hostes, cum Julius, orbe subacto, 45 
 
 *Note F. fG. 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 15 
 
 CANTO II. 
 
 'Tis then resolv'd, (vindictive wrath commands,) 45 
 The Mouse shall suffer what his crime demands. 
 But how t'ensnare the cautious thief, unknown, 
 Or who'd engage to see the justice done. 
 Nor could thy cat thy house, O Cambrian, guard, 
 Or grant deliv 'ranee, from a lot so hard. 50 
 
 She oft, indeed, around his cavern stray'd, 
 And ey'd his hole, in silent ambuscade ; 
 And softly creeping to his threshold there 
 Maintain'd her watch, but fruitless all her care : 
 The happy mouse, in a small skin secure, 55 
 
 The less he is, outbraves the cat the more : 
 For, if he saw her waiting, at the gates, 
 He backward skipp'd, within his crook'd retreats , 
 Through all the windings of his cavern, where, 
 He safe remain'd, no cat could enter there. 60 
 
 Thus warn'd he fear'd to peep without the door, -v 
 Nor durst he venture from his refuge more, > 
 
 Until the siege was rais'd and all the danger o'er. " 
 
 So once the Cambrians, when Great Caesar's arms 
 Infested warlike Britain with alarms, 65 
 
 And join'd it to his empire, could elude 
 Those foes, who Britain and the world subdu'd. 
 Forgive me Cambrians, that I now compare 
 Your ancestors to mice, for such they were ; 
 
16 MUSCIPULA. 
 
 Imperio adjecit Britonas, sic nempe recessife 
 
 Ad latebras Gens tota, et inexpugnabile vallum 
 
 Montes. Sic sua saxa inter medioque ruinae 
 
 Delituit tuta, et desperans vincere, vinci 
 
 Noluit; hinc priscos memorant longo ordine patres, 50 
 
 Indomitasque crepant terras, linguseque senectam. 
 
 LIBER III. 
 
 Felinos igitur postquam Mus saepjus ungues 
 Fugerat, et Britoni spes non erat ulla salutis 
 A socio belli, supremo in limine terree 
 Concilium accitur, qua nunc Menevia* plorat 55 
 
 Curtatos mitrae titulos et nomen inane 
 Semisepultae urbis ; properant hinc inde frequentes 
 Patresque proceresque et odorum sulphure vulgus. 
 
 Turn Senior, cui ssepe suis in montibus hircus 
 Prolixam invidit barbam, cuique ora manusque 60 
 
 Prisca incrustavit scabies, spectabilis aula 
 
 «Note H. 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 17 
 
 Too weak for victors, and too proud for slaves, -.70 
 All mouse-like fled, to steeps and secret caves, > 
 And crags, a fort that all assault outbraves. ^ 
 
 So unmolested, with the wars beneath, 
 They skulk'd, with safety, in the midst of death ; 
 And hence, her sons rehearse a num'rous throng -^ 75 
 Of ancestors, and hence, they hold so long 
 Their land unconquer'd, and their ancient tongue. 
 
 CANTO III. 
 
 In vain the cat her watchful art employed 
 To catch the mouse, as watchful to avoid : 
 Thus, when the foe had long escap'd the snare 80 
 And Cambria's hopes had vanish'd in despair ; 
 A council's summon'd, on their utmost coast, 
 Where now St. David's mourns her glory lost, 
 The Mitre's curtail'd dignity and grace, 
 Her ancient fame half-buried in disgrace ; 85 
 
 Fathers and nobles, and with brimstone strong, ^ 
 
 A vulgar herd promiscuous haste along, > 
 
 And crowds, from ev'ry quarter to the council, throng. -* 
 
 Then, in the centre of the hall, appear'd 
 A grave old father, with as grave a beard : 90 
 
 His mountain goats oft view'd it, as it hung, 
 Invidious leer'd, and wish'd their own as long. 
 His hands and face a scabby covering wore 
 Nor then alone, but many a year before. 
 
18 MUSCIPULA. 
 
 Stat media, fractus senio, postique reclinis 
 
 Cambrorum vexato humeris ; et gutture ab imo 
 
 Densas praecipitans voces : " Non, inquit, aperto 
 
 41 De bello, sed furto agitur ; non exterus hostis, 65 
 
 11 Sed majus graviusque malum ; nimis intimus hospes 
 
 " Compulit hue populum, dominabitur usque tyrannus 
 
 '• Mus petulans ! Vos ergo patres, venerabilis ordo ; 
 
 •• Q,ueis patriae pretiosa salus, finite dolores 
 
 41 Consilio tantos, et si spes ulla supersit, 70 
 
 41 Propitias adhibete manus ; sic Cadvaladeri* 
 
 41 Dura clarescat honos, vestra hie quoque gloria crescet." 
 
 Dixit ; et ante oculos, fragmenta et mucida tollens 
 
 Frustula, reliquias furti, monumenta rapina3 
 
 Exacuit Cambrorum iras, nunc eemulus ardor, 75 
 
 Vindictae, nunc laudis amor, sub pectore patrum 
 
 Ardet, inauditam meditatur quisque ruinam 
 
 Muri, Muscipulamque statim extudit omne cerebrum. 
 
 *Note I. 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 19 
 
 A post, by lolling Cambrians worn, the sage 95 
 
 Supports, half-sunk beneath the weight of age ; 
 
 On this reclin'd, thick huddling word on word, 
 
 In hollow sounds, he thus address'd the Board. 
 
 " We're here conven'd, the only refuge left, 
 
 "But not of open war t'advise, but theft: 100 
 
 " A guest at home, not foreign foes, alarms ; 
 
 11 An ill far w T orse than hostile troops in arms. 
 
 " Still shall the mouse tyrannick empire hold ? 
 
 " Still must his ins'lence triumph uneontrolPd ? 
 
 " No ! honour'd Fathers, at a higher rate 105 
 
 "I know you prize the safety of the state: 
 
 "By balmy counsels, then, relieve the pains 
 
 " Your country suffers, while th' intruder reigns : 
 
 " And if there's hope, the means advis'd pursue, 
 
 "Thus give her comfort and deliv'rance too. 110 
 
 "As long as great Cadwallader's name is known, 
 
 "Yours, too, shall shine still brighter in renown." 
 
 He said, and straight in view of all the crowd, 
 
 Some old mouse-eaten mouldy fragments show'd. 
 
 These monuments of suffered rapine seen 115 
 
 Whet up their anger to an edge more keen ; 
 
 Each father's bosom, with intense desires, 
 
 Now rival-vengeance, now ambition fires ; 
 
 To merit glory and the mouse destroy, 
 
 Strange schemes of death their busy thoughts employ ; 
 
 Each noddle labours, and, with mental pain, 121 
 
 A Mouse-trap's hammer'd out in ev'ry brain. 
 
20 MUSCIPULA. 
 
 At quidem, ante alios notus cognomine Taffi,* 
 Et magis ingenio Celebris, (cui Cambria nunquam SO 
 Equalera peperit, faber idem, idemque senator 
 Eximius,) sic orsus erat : M Si gloria gentis, 
 " Caseus intereat, metuo ne tota colonum 
 •« Deficiat coena, et mens» decus omne secundse 
 " Divitibus pereat ; quoniam ergo Cambria virtus 85 
 " Et feles nequeant superare haec monstra, fabrilis 
 " Dextera quid possit ; quid macbina vafra dolique 
 "Experiar; (dolus an virtus quid in hoste requirit?)" 
 Taiia jactantem circumstant undique fixis 
 Hserentes oculis sperata gaudia lseto 90 
 
 Murmure certatim testantur, et unde salutem 
 Promissarn expectent, rogitant, ardentque doceri. 
 
 Ille caput scalpens, (nam multum scalpere Cambris 
 Expedit,) horrendum subrisit, et ora resolvens, 
 
 '".Vote K. 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 21 
 
 But one nam'd Taffi, known above the rest, 
 With great renown and greater wisdom blest, 
 (Whose equal Wales had ne'er produc'd before, 125 
 Skilful at once as smith and senator,) 
 Thus spoke the first: "If still the mouse annoys, 
 "And cheese, the glory of our nation, dies; 
 " Famine, I fear, will soon invade the poor, -^ 
 11 And second courses, elegant before, > 130 
 
 11 Can grace the tables of the rich no more. ^ 
 " Since, then, the cat's and Wallian pow'r are vain, 
 " And still these monsters unsubdued remain ; 
 "I'll try what fabrile artifice can do, -, 
 
 "And my mechanick stratagems will shew, >135 
 
 11 Which, force or craft, will conquer best the foe." * 
 The crowd around gaz'd with attentive look, 
 And silent listen'd, as the Hero spoke. 
 But now big hopes in ev'ry breast arise, 
 And each strives loudest to declare his joys. 140 
 
 Eager they ask, and ask incessant, too, 
 Whence comes the promis'd safety, all on fire to know. 
 
 As need and habit prompt the Welsh, awhile 
 He scratch'd his head, and grinn'd a ghastly smile ; 
 Then thus his speech resumed: "With toils oppress'd 
 " When I, last evening, laid me down to rest ; 146 
 
22 MUSCIPULA. 
 
 Talia verba refert. "Cam fessus membra quieti 95 
 
 "Hesterna sub nocte dedi, sopor obruit altus 
 
 " Lumina ; Mus audax sectatus, opinor, odores 
 
 "Q,uos non concoctus pingui exhalavit ab ore 
 
 " Caseus, accessit furtim, et compage solutis 
 
 •'Faucibus irrepsit jamque ipsa in viscera lapsus ; 100 
 
 " Crudas ventris opes rapere, hesternamque paravit 
 
 * Heu ! male munito furari e gutture ccenam. 
 
 "Excussus subito somnis, sub dente latronem, 
 
 41 Dura resilire parat, prensi frustraque rebellem 
 
 " Mordaci vinclo astrinxi : sic carcere murem 105 
 
 "Posse capi instructus, nova mox ergastula, mecum 
 
 " Hsec meditans, statui fabricare, animoque catenas 
 
 11 Effinxi tales, mihi quas suggesserat oris 
 
 " Captivus. Mi rum ! O ! quali regit omnia lege 
 
 "Dextra arcana Jovis ! Quam ccecis passibus errat 110 
 
 "Causarum series! Nobis mus ipse salutem 
 
 " lnvitus dedit, et quos attulit ante, dolores 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 
 
 23 
 
 m A sleep profound my heavy eyelids clos'd, 
 
 •'And motionless my weary limbs repos'd ; 
 
 "My jaws relax'd my opening mouth extend, 
 
 M And from the cheese within the steams ascend. 150 
 
 " Meanwhile, a mouse directed by his nose, 
 
 14 To find the place from which the vapours rose, 
 
 "Came softly nigh, slipp'd down the open way, 
 
 "And aim'd to make my night's repast his prey. 
 
 11 Already he my stomach rang'd, nor fear'd 155 
 
 " To rob my belly thus, alas ! without a guard. 
 
 " Rous'd in a moment, with a sudden bite, 
 
 14 1 crush'd the thievish villain in his flight. 
 
 M And though he strove t'escape, he strove in vain, 
 
 11 Grip'd as he was in such a toothful chain. 160 
 
 " Thus taught, a mouse might be in jail confin'd, 
 
 " While I revolv'd the adventure in my mind, 
 
 " Resolv'd some bridewell-trap to frame anon, 
 
 *' I form'd, in thought, a project erst unknown, 
 
 •■ Taught by the hint the captive mouse had giv'n ; 165 
 
 «« Strange ! Flow mysterious are the laws of heav'n ! 
 
 "How rules unseen the sovereign hand of Jove ! 
 
 •• How dark the paths where hidden causes rove ! 
 
 11 How intricate their order ! wond'rous maze ! 
 
 M Though fix'd by laws, how difficult to trace ! 170 
 
 " The mouse himself, the author of our grief, 
 
 "Points out, unwilling, safety and relief; 
 
24 MUSCIPULA. 
 
 " Tollere jam docuit ; neve hunc habuisse magistrum 
 
 11 Vos pudeat, patres ; Fas est vel ab hoste doceri." 
 
 Haec ubi dicta, doraum repetit, comitantur euntem 
 Plaudentes populi, atque benigna laboribus optant 116 
 Omina, turn celeri sua quisque ad limina cursu 
 Nuncius it, laribusque refert, quee munera Taffi 
 Ingenio speranda forent ; dumque ordine narrant 
 Omnia, dumque Deis, ut tanta incepta secundent, 120 
 Vota ferunt, monitae prsesago pectore feles 
 Plus solito lusere, et (si fas credere famae) 
 Sub manibus matrum saliere coagula lactis. 
 
 LIBER IV. 
 
 Interest Taffi manibusque animoque vicissim 
 Instat magno operi, et M divina Palladis arte"* 125 
 
 Muscipulam aedificat ; fit machina mira novaque 
 Inducitur vultus specie tragi-comica moles. 
 
 *Note L. 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP, 25 
 
 ««Nor blush, my sires to be directed so, 
 
 " Instruction's no disgrace, tlio' giv'n by a foe." 174 
 
 He said : and left the hall and homeward strode, 
 Amid the applauses of th' attending crowd. 
 Aloud they cry, «'May heav'n auspicious smile, 
 '« Grant lucky omens, and succeed your toil." 
 Taffi conducted, each to his house returns, 
 With hasty steps, and with impatience burns, 180 
 
 To tell the joyful news ; there, each relates 
 How Taffi's genius promis'd better fates. 
 There, while they tell the pleasing story o'er, 
 And the kind favour of the gods implore ; 
 The wanton cats unusual sports assume, 185 
 
 Their breasts presaging happier times to come. 
 And, (if belief is just, which fame demands,) 
 The cheese curds danc'd beneath the matrons' hands. 
 
 CANTO IV. 
 
 Taffi, meanwhile, bent on his enterprise, 
 Alternately his hands and thoughts employs. 190 
 
 A mouse-trap by Palladian art he rears, ^ 
 
 Complete, at length, the strange machine appears, > 
 And the new pile a tragi-comick figure bears. ^ 
 
 o 
 
26 MUSCIPULA* 
 
 Quiri age ; si tibi, musa, vacat, spectacula pandas 
 Infantis fabricse, et percurrens singula totam 
 Compagem expedias. Quadrati lamina ligni 130 
 
 Sumraum imumque tegit ; filorum ferreus ordo 
 Munifc utrumque latus, parvisque uti fulta columnis 
 Stat domus : introitus patet insidiosus, amicum 
 Muribus hospitium ostentans ; sed desuper horret 
 Janua, perniciem minitans, tenuique ruina 135 
 
 Suspensa est filo : (usque adeo sua stamina Parcse* 
 Muribus intexunt, et pendent omnia filo.) 
 In summo tecti, mediaque in parte tabellse 
 Stat lignum erectum, scisso cum vertice, cui trabs 
 Parvula transversim inseritur, justeque libratas 140 
 Utrinque extendit palmas, quarum altera quantum 
 Deprimitur, tantum annexam levat altera portam ; 
 Interiore domo, per tecti exile foramen 
 Demissum pendet ferrum, quod mobile ludit 
 Hue illuc facili tactu ; curvatur in hamum 145 
 
 Infima pars, escamque tenet ; pars altera prendit 
 
 ^Note M. 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 27 
 
 >} 
 
 And now, if time permit, Muse, let's survey 
 The infant frame, and all its parts display ; — 195 
 
 A square board forms the bottom and the top, 
 While thread-like wires defend the sides, and prop, 
 Like little pillars, the new building up. 
 The ample entrance, with deceitful shew, 
 Presents the mice a friendly inn in view. 200 
 
 But threat'ning from above the gate impends, 
 A slender thread the pendulous death suspends: 
 So true it is, the fatal Three have made 
 Their webs for mice, and all things hang by thread. 
 Above the house, full in the midst, is seen 205 
 
 A stick erect, its top divides, between 
 Transversely fixed a little lever lies, 
 Its arms extended in just equipoise ; 
 The lower one of which descends the more, 
 T'other ascends, and mounts aloft the door. 210 
 
 Within the h6use, an iron hook depends, 
 Which through a crevice in the roof descends ; 
 That once impelPd, tho' with the gentlest force, 
 Plays on its axle, with a nimble course. 
 The hooked part below, the bait sustains, 215 
 
 T'other, meanwhile, the lever's end detains. 
 
28 MUSCIPULA. 
 
 Perfidiosa trabem extremam ; at cum senserit hostem 
 Lethales gustasse cibos, mora nulla, solutam 
 Dimittit portam, primumque ulciscitur ictum. 
 
 His ita dispositis, pendentem protiniis hamum 150 
 Induit insidiis Taffi, exitiosaque muri 
 Ipsa alimenta facit ; sed quo fragrantior esset 
 Caseus, et murem invitaret longius, escam 
 Fatalem torret flammis vimque addit odori. 
 
 LIBER V. 
 
 Et jam nox memoranda aderat, cum fessa cubili 
 Membra levans Taffi, juxta pulvinar amicam 156 
 
 Muscipulam statuit, fidoque satellite tutus 
 Indulsit facili somno. Gens improba, mures 
 Lascivi interea exiliunt, noctisque silentis 
 Praesidio confisi errant : turn naribus acer 160 
 
 Mus quidam, dux eximius, Diis natus iniquis, 
 Castra inimica petit, qu6 grato flamine tostus 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 29 
 
 But, faithless is its hold ; impending fate 
 Sudden arrests the wretch that dares to eat : 
 Soon as the foe but tastes the deadly food, 
 Down falls the portal freed, and claims th' offender's blood. 
 All thus in order, Taffi, in a trice, 221 
 
 Th* ensnaring morsel to the hook applies. 
 But that the cheese, more fragrant, might invite 
 The distant mice, and keener sense excite, 
 He toasts it, to diffuse its fatal breath, 225 
 
 And thus he makes their food the instrument of death. 
 
 CANTO V. 
 
 And now, the memorable night came on, 
 When Taffi wearied with his labours done ; 
 Secure of safety, slumber'd on his bed, 
 His guardian mouse-trap station'd near his head. 230 
 Thus, all was hush'd ; meanwhile, that knavish crew, 
 The wanton mice their nightly sports renew ; 
 Secure in glooms and silence so profound, 
 Fearless they wander, play and frisk around. 
 — Among the rest, one of no vulgar rate, 235 
 
 A noble chief, but born t' a wretched fate, 
 Quick-scented, seeks the hostile camp, and goes, ^ 
 Where, from the cheese, the grateful vapour flows, > 
 And wafts delicious odours to his nose. ^ 
 
30 MUSCIPULA, 
 
 Caseus allexit. Venienti prima resistunt 
 Clathra, aditumque negant; sed turpem ferre repulsam 
 Ule indignatus, munimina ferrea circum 165 
 
 Cursitat, et crispat nasum, introitumque sagaci 
 Explorat barba ; jaraque irremiabiie limen 
 Ingressus, votique potens, tristem arripit escam, 
 Exitium vorat laetus, potiturque ruina. 
 
 Taffi, exaudito strepitu, quern pendula porta 170 
 
 Lapsa dedit, cubito erigitur; thalamoque triumphans 
 Exilit, impatiens discendi quis novus hospes 
 Venerat. Interea furit intus ridiculus mus, 
 Et fronte et pedibus pugnat, jamque intervallis 
 Clathrorum caput impingit, ferrumque fatigat 175 
 
 Dentibus insanis. Sic olim in retia Marsus* 
 Actus aper, fremit horrendus, sinuosaque quassat 
 Vincula, ludibrium catulis, diffusa per armos 
 It spuma, arrectseque rigent in pectore setae. 
 
 *Note N. 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 31 
 
 Where first he came, the grates his way control, 240 
 
 And bar him entrance ; but too stout his soul 
 
 To be repuls'd ; he scorns the foul disgrace, 
 
 Trips round the iron bars, from place to place ; 
 
 And crisps his nose admittance to explore, 
 
 By subtle scent already finds the door. 245 
 
 And now, th' irremeable threshold past, 
 
 And of his wish, his fatal wish possess'd, 
 
 With joyful haste, the baneful bait he seiz'd, 
 
 Greedy of death, and with destruction pleas'd. 249 
 
 Down dropp'd the portal with a thund'ring sound, 
 And Taffi waken'd, from his sleep profound, 
 On elbow rose ; and, with impatient haste, 
 Leap'd from his bed, to see his unknown guest. 
 Meanwhile, the mouse ridiculous in his rage, 
 With head and feet, fights furious in his cage : 255 
 And now distracted, urged by mad chagrin, 
 Now bites the grates, now thrusts his head between. 
 — So as of old, the furious Marsian boar 
 Entangled, with a formidable roar, 
 Shakes the loose net, which his high fury bounds, 
 The butt of hunters, and the sport of hounds ; 
 Adown his shoulders streams of foam descend, 
 And, on his back, erect the rigid bristles stand. 263 
 
32 MUSCIPULA. 
 
 LIBER VI. 
 
 Postera lux oritur, decurrunt montibus altis 180 
 
 Praecipites Cambri, nam cunctas venit ad aures 
 Res nova ; quippe asinus, solita gravitate remissa, 
 Et jam pigritise oblitus, lascivior hcedo 
 Ascendit montem, qua Cambrum dissonus ore 
 Praeconem simulans, ter rauco gutture rudens, 185 
 Te celebrat, Taffi, ter publica narrat amicis 
 Gaudia. Bubo etiam (Cambrorum dictus ab illo 
 Tempore legatus) per compita ubique per urbes 
 Tota nocte errans, ros(rum ferale fenestris 
 Stridulus impegit, cecinitque instantia muri 190 
 
 Funera. Parturiunt montes, atque agmine denso 
 Penbrochiae* multus ruit incola, Merviniaeque,t 
 Quique tenet Bonium,J et Mariduni§ mcenia vate 
 Inclyta Merlino ; veniunt fcecunda Glamorgan |J 
 Quos alit, et Vagse ** potor, rigidusque eolonus 195 
 Gomerici ft montis. Turn circumstante corona 
 Illudit capto Taffi, iratumque lacessans ; 
 
 *Note O. fP. tQ. §K. IIS. **T. tfU. 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 33 
 
 CANTO VI. 
 
 Down from the mountains, with the morning light, 
 Descend the Welsh, to see the curious sight, 
 For all had heard the wonders of the night. 
 An ass, it seems, from native graveness freed, 
 His sloth forgot, as wanton as a kid, 
 Ascends a mount, and, with a hideous noise, 
 Attempts to ape a Cambrian crier's voice. 270 
 
 There crier-like, thrice, to his friends, he brays 
 The publick joys, thrice, Taffi, sounds thy praise. 
 The owl, besides, that hateful bird of night, 
 (Since call'd the Welsh ambassador,) wing'd her flight, 
 And all night roving, rang'd the cities through, 275 
 Saird thro* each street, to ev'ry window flew, 
 Rapp'd with her beak, and whoo'd, with ominous breath, 
 How the poor mouse was on the brink of death. 
 
 The mountains labour, and a num'rous throng, 
 From Merioneth and Pembroke, haste along : 280 
 
 Bangor, Caermarthen, send their numbers forth, 
 Caermarthen, famous for sage Merlin's birth. 
 They come whom fat Glamorgan's fields supply, 
 Montgomery's sturdy clowns,and those that drink theWye. 
 Then Taffi, circled by th' attending train, 285 
 
 Mocks his fell captive in this scornful strain. 
 
3i MUSCIPULA. 
 
 " Nequicquam lucteris ; (ait) damnaberis arse 
 
 M Victima prima mese, memorique haec limina tinges 
 
 " Sanguine ; spes nulla est, retro fugientibus obstant 200 
 
 " Non exorandi postes : Dabis, improbe, pcenas 
 
 " Pro mentis, vitamque simul cum carcere linques." 
 
 Vix ea fatus erat, cum ludicra felis aprico 
 Culmine desiliit tecti, quo ssepe solebat 
 Cruribus extensis, molli languescere luxu. 205 
 
 Aspicit instantem captivus, et erigit aures, 
 Gibbosoque riget tergo, nee limen apertum 
 Jam tentare audet, sed in ipso carcere solam 
 Spem libertatis ponens, sua vincula prensat 
 Unguibus hamatis, pedibusque tenacibus haeret. 210 
 Excutitur tamen ; et felis rapidissima prsedse 
 Involat, et frustra luctantem evadere saevo 
 Implicat amplexu, crudeliaque oscula figit. 
 Nulla datur requies : agili sinuamine caudse 
 Gaudia testatur victrix, et fiexile corpus 215 
 
 Lacivo versans saltu, modo corpore prono 
 Attente invigilat muri, modo colla benignis 
 Unguiculis leviter palpans, mentitur amorem 
 
THE MOUSE- TRAP. 35 
 
 " 5 Tis vain to strive, unequal war you wage, 
 
 "For die you shall, devoted to my rage. 
 
 "You, the first victim on my altar slain, 
 
 " Shall tinge this threshold with a lasting stain : 290 
 
 " Nor hope t' escape ; those foolish thoughts resign ; 
 
 " Relentless bars oppose the vain design. 
 
 " Knave ! like thy rogueries, shall thy pains be large, 
 
 " And death alone accomplish thy discharge." 
 
 Scarce had he spoke, when lo ! the playful cat 295 
 Leap'd from the house-top, her indulgent seat ; 
 Where, at full length, she often idle lay, 
 Bask'd in the sun, and half dissolv'd away. 
 The panting pris'ner saw his foe draw nigh, 
 Bent in a heap, and prick'd his ears on high. 300 
 
 The door, tho' open now, he wisely flies ; 
 All hope of freedom in his prison lies. 
 Convinc'd of this, he dreams no more of flight, 
 But grasps his chains, and clings with all his might. 
 But hooked nails are vain : he's pluck'd away, 305 
 And nimble puss falls rapid on her prey. 
 T' elude her fierce embrace, in vain he strives, 
 vShe hugs him close, and cruel kisses gives. 
 No stop, no stay ; victorious she employs 
 A round of sports, to testify her joys ; 310 
 
 Active she wags her tail, and skipping round, 
 Now eyes the mouse squat grov'ling on the ground 
 Now, with her paw, she strokes him gently o'er, 
 And feigns to love, while greedy to devour. 
 
36 MUSCIPULA. 
 
 Dum lacerare parat : varia sic arte jocosam 
 
 Barbariem exercet, lepidaque tyrannide ludit. 220 
 
 At nugis tandem defessa, nee amplius iram 
 Dissimulans, acuit denies, et more leonis 
 Impasti, incumbit praedse, jam pectore ab imo 
 Murmurat, et tremulos artus et sanguine sparsa 
 Viscera dilaniat. Plebs circumfusa cruorem 225 
 
 Invisum aspiciens, lsetis clamoribus implent 
 iEthera : clamoresque echo, Cambrae incola terrse 
 Laeta refert : resonant Plinlimmonis* ardua moles, 
 Et Brechin, f et Snoudon ; J vicina ad sidera fertur 
 Plausus, et ingenti strepit Offae fossa § tumultu. 230 
 
 Tu Taffi, seternum vives ; tua munera Cambri 
 Nunc etiam celebrant, quotiesque revolvitur annus 
 Te memorant ; patrum gens grata tuetur honorem, 
 Festivoque ornat redolentia tempora porro. || 234 
 
 *Note V. fW. JX. }Y. || Z. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
THE MOUSE-TRAP. 37 
 
 Thus she, in many a diff'rent form, displays 315 
 
 Her savage joy, and gnyly cruel plays. 
 
 But tir'd, at length, she gives her trifling o'er, 
 And whets her teeth, and hides her wrath no more. 
 And, like a lion, greedy to allay 
 
 Insatiate hunger, falls upon her prey ; 320 
 
 With hollow growling, tears the living food, 
 Yet quiv'ring limbs and entrails ting'd with blood. 
 — Soon as the crowd behold the hateful gore, 
 They shout, and fill heav'n's concave with uproar. 
 Echo, inhabitant of Cambrian ground, 325 
 
 Repeats the shout, and sends the tumult round. 
 Resounds Plinlimmon, tow'ring in the sky, 
 And Brecknock's steeps, and Snowdon hills reply. 
 The thund'ring clap roars to the neighb'ring stars, 
 And OfFa's dyke loud bellows at the mighty jars. 330 
 
 Taffi, from age to age, thine honour'd name 
 Shall live renowned, and meet a deathless fame : 
 E'en now, the Welsh thy generous deeds declare, 
 And bless thy mem'ry each revolving year : 
 Still, by the thankful nation, is maintain'd 
 The signal badge their ancestors ordain'd. 
 With wreaths of leeks, fresh, redolent and gay, 
 They grace their temples, on the genial day. 338 
 
 A. D. 1752. 
 
 THE END. 
 
38 
 
 AD DOMINL'.M NOSTRUM ET SERVATOREM, 
 IESUM CHRISTUM: 
 
 ODA, DOMINI WATTS. 
 I. 
 
 Te, grande Numkw, corporis incola, 
 Te, magna magni progenies patris ; 
 Nomen verendum nostri Iesu ; 
 Vox, citharEe, calami sonabunt. 
 II. 
 Aptentur auro grandisonae fides, 
 Christi triumphos incipe, barbite ; 
 Fractosque terrores Averni, 
 
 Victum Erebum, domitamque mortem. 
 
 III. 
 
 Immensa vastos sa?cula circulos 
 Volvere, blando dum patris in sinu 
 Toto fruebatur Jehovah 
 Gaudia raille bibens Iesus : 
 
39 
 
 (t: o f) 
 
 DR. WATTS 1 ODE. 
 TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, 
 
 I. 
 Thee, Mighty God, Incarnate Word, 
 Th ? Almighty Father's equal Son : 
 Jesus, a name by all adored, 
 Voice, harps, and pipes resound in one. 
 
 II. 
 Let deep-ton*d viols strung with gold, 
 And lyre, his triumphs loud proclaim ; 
 How he, the rage of hell controll'd, 
 us conquer'd. death overcame. 
 
 Unnumbered ages roll'd around, 
 While on the Father 
 Th' eternal 5 i glory crown'd 
 
 joying all Jehovah's piai- 
 
40 ODA. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Donee superno vidit ab aethere 
 Adam cadentem, Tartara hiantia 
 Unaque mergendos ruina 
 Heu ! nimium miseros nepotes : 
 V. 
 Vidit minaces vindicis Angeli 
 Ignes et ensem. tealque sanguine 
 Tingenda nostro, dum rapinae 
 Spe fremuere Erebasa monstra. 
 VI. 
 Coramota sacras viscera protinus 
 Sensere flammas, Omnipotens furor 
 Ebullit immensique amoris 
 iEthereum calet igne pectus. 
 VII. 
 "Non tota prorsus gens hominuin dabit 
 11 Hosti triumpbos : quid patris et labor 
 11 Dulcisque imago 1 num peribunt 
 "Fundilus? O prius astra caecis 
 
ODE. 41 
 
 IV. 
 
 Till Adam, from the skies he saw 
 Falling, while Hell yawn'd wide below, 
 And all his hapless race, by law, 
 Devoted to destruction too: 
 
 V. 
 Saw the dread angel as he stood; 
 Saw him his flaming sword display ; 
 And darts design'd to drink our blood, 
 While helFs black monsters roar'd for prey. 
 
 VI. 
 Instant his bosom all on fire, 
 His heav'nly bowels yearning move ; 
 Two sacred flames at once conspire, 
 Almighty wrath and boundless love. 
 
 VII. 
 
 11 Not all the race of man shall die, 
 
 " To grace the triumphs of the foe ; 
 
 " What ! shall infernal plots destroy 
 
 "My Father's work and image so? 
 D 
 
42 ODA* 
 
 VIII. 
 
 " Mergantur undis, et redeat chaos ; 
 "Aut ipse disperdam Satanae dolos, 
 "Aut ipse disperdar, et isti 
 "Septra dabo moderanda dextra. 
 IX. 
 "Testor Paternum Numen, et hoc caput 
 "Equate testor;" dixit: et aetheris 
 Inclinat ingens culmen, alto 
 Desiliitque ruens Olympo. 
 X. 
 Mortale corpus impiger induit 
 Artusque nostros, heu tenues nimis 
 Nimisque viles ! Vindicique 
 Corda dedit fodienda ferro, 
 XI. 
 Vitamque morti ; proh dolor ! O graves 
 Tonandis ira3 ! O lex satis aspera 1 
 Mercesque peccati severa 
 Adamici, vetitique fructus* 
 
ODE. 43 
 
 VIII, 
 " No ! first let chaos rise anew ; 
 " Be all the stars quench'd in the main ; 
 " Or I'll bold Satan's wiles subdue, 
 " Or I will fall and he shall reign. 
 
 IX. 
 " Be pledg'd my Father's word and mine ; 
 " The firm decree shall never move." 
 He said : then gave the nod divine, 
 And swift descended from above. 
 
 X. 
 Quick in a mortal body drest, 
 His Deity he deign'd to hide, 
 In our vile flesh ; then, gave his breast, 
 To the vindictive steel, and died. 
 
 XI. 
 
 Ah me ! the thund'rer's wrath how keen I 
 
 His law, how awfully severe ! 
 
 Oh! the dread hire of Adjam's sin, 
 
 And fruit forbidden bought too dear 1 
 D* 
 
44 ODA. 
 
 XII. 
 Non poena lenis ! Qud mis impotens 
 Quo musa ! largas fundere lackrymas, 
 Bustique Divini triumphos 
 rilego temerare fletu? 
 XIII. 
 Sepone quaestus, laeta Deum cane 
 Majore chorda. Psalte sonorius 
 U: ferreas mortis cavemas 
 E: rigidam penetravit aulam. 
 XIV. 
 Sensere Numen regna feralia, 
 Mugit barathrum, contremuit chaos, 
 Dirum fremebat Rex Gehenna?, 
 Perque suum tremebundus Orcum 
 XV. 
 Late refugit. u Nil agis, impie, 
 •• Mergat vel imis te Phlegethon vadis, 
 ,; Hoc findet undas fulmen, ? ' inquit : 
 E: patrios jaculatus ignes, 
 
OLZ 45 
 
 XII. 
 But, feeble Muse, say, why these groa:. 
 Durst thou in tears profuse repine ? 
 Profane, with sacrilegious mo . 
 The triumphs of the hearse divine ! 
 
 xm. 
 
 No ! wipe thy tears ; in loftier strains, 
 Proclaim the God : with louder breath, 
 Sing, how he storm'd the iron de: 
 And forc'd the rugged court of death. 
 
 XIV. 
 Th' infernal realms perceiv'd the God ; 
 Old chaos shook, th' abyss deep roard 
 And, through his kingdom, howling loud 
 Affrighted fled hell's horrid lord. 
 
 XV. 
 * In vain you hide your impious head ; 
 " Dive to the deeps of hell, but know, 
 " This bolt shall cleave the waves, n He said ; 
 H;s lightning threw, and pierc'd the foe. 
 
46 ODA. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Trajecit hostem. Nigra silentia 
 Umbraeque flammas sethereas pavent 
 Dudum perosee, ex quo corusco 
 Prsecipites cecidere ccelo. 
 XVII. 
 Immane rugit jam tonitru ; fragor 
 Late ruinam mandat : ab infimis, 
 Lecteeque designata genti 
 Tartara disjiciuntur antris. 
 XVIII. 
 Hie strata passim vincula, et hie jacent 
 Unci cruenti, tormina mentium 
 Invisa ; ploratuque vasto 
 Spicula mors sibi adempta plangit. 
 XIX. 
 En ! ut resurgit victor ab ultimo 
 Ditis profundo, curribus aureis 
 Astricta raptans monstra noctis 
 Perdomitumque Erebi tyrannum* 
 
ODE. 47 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Black silence and the shades of hell 
 The bright etherial flames surprise ; 
 Abhorr'd e'er since the rebels fell, 
 Ejected headlong from the skies. 
 
 XVII. 
 Now, dreadful thunder bellowing loud 
 Spreads desolation as it flies ; 
 And hell, th' elect's design'd abode, 
 With its deep caves, in ruin lies. 
 
 XVIII. 
 The racks of souls lie scatter'd round ; 
 Strong cords and hooks besmear'd with gore ; 
 And death, with formidable sound, 
 Doth his extorted sting deplore. 
 
 XIX. 
 Lo ! from the deep, He mounts to light, 
 Dragging hell's monarch from afar ; 
 And the foul monsters of the night 
 Bound vanquished to his golden car. 
 
ODA. 
 
 XX. 
 
 Quanta angelorum gaudia jubilant, 
 Victor paternum dum repetit polum I 
 En ! qualis ardet dum beati 
 Limina scandit ovans Olvmpi. 
 XXI. 
 Io triumphe ! plectra seraphica ; 
 Io triumphe ! grex hominum sonet ; 
 Dum laeta quaquaversus ambos 
 Astra repercutiunt triumphos. 
 
ODE. 49 
 
 XX. 
 Hark ! how the angels shout aloud, 
 When they behold his chariot ni t 
 See ! how exults the Victor-God, 
 While He triumphant climbs the ri 
 
 XXI. 
 Rejoice ! let harps seraphick sound ; 
 Rejoice ! let ransonrd mortals sing ; 
 While, from the stars reflected round, 
 Each way, th' harmonious echoes ring. 
 
50 
 
 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT: 
 DR. WATTS' SAPPHICK ODE, 
 
 TRANSLATED INTO LATIN. 
 
 When the fierce North wind with his airy forces 
 
 Rears up the Baltick to a foaming fury; 
 
 And the red lightning, with a storm of hail comes 
 
 Rushing amain down ; 
 How the poor sailors stand amaz'd and tremble ! 
 While the hoarse thunder, like a bloody trumpet, 
 Roars a loud onset to the gaping waters, 
 
 Quick to devour them. 
 Such shall the noise be, and the wild disorder, 
 (If things eternal may be like these earthly,) 
 Such the dire terrour, when the great archangel 
 
 Shakes the creation ; 
 Tears the strong pillars of the vault of heaven, 
 Breaks up old marble, the repose of princes ; 
 See the graves open, and the bones arising, 
 
 Flames all around them. 
 
51 
 
 DIES JUDICII: 
 ODA SAPPHICA DOMINI WATTS, 
 
 LATINE REDITA. 
 
 Dum ciet ssevis Boreas procellis 
 Balticum et canis furit unda spumis, 
 Dum micat fulgur rutilum ruitque 
 
 Turbine grando. 
 Ut stupent nautse, trepidanique hiantes 
 Dum vident undas, tonitruque signum 
 Fluctibus rauco, tuba ceu cruenta 
 
 Murmure mugit. 
 Talis (seterna assimilare si fas 
 Hisce terrenis) pavor ac tumultus 
 Ingruit, quando quatiet trementem 
 
 Angelus orbem ; 
 Diruet coeli columen, recludet 
 Marmor antiquum, monumenta regum ; 
 Ecce ! per flammas patulis resurgunt 
 
 Ossa sepulcliris. 
 
52 ODE. 
 
 Hark ! the shrill outcries of the guilty wretches ! 
 
 Lively bright horrour and amazing anguish 
 
 Stare through their eyelids, while the living worm lies 
 
 Gnawing within them. 
 Thoughts,like old vultures,pr ey upon their heart-strings 
 And the smart twinges, when the eye beholds the 
 Lofty Judge frowning, and a flood of vengeance 
 
 Rolling before him. 
 Hopeless immortals ! how they scream and shiver, 
 While devils push them to the pit wide yawning 
 Hideous and gloomy to receive them headlong, 
 
 Down to the centre. 
 Stop here, my fancy : (all away ye horrid 
 Doleful ideas,) Come, arise to Jesus ; 
 How he sits God-like, and the saints around him 
 
 Thron'd, yet adoring. 
 O ! may I sit there when he comes triumphant, 
 Dooming the nations ! then ascend to glory ; 
 While our Hosannas all along the passage, 
 
 Shout the Redeemer. 
 
ODA. 53 
 
 Heu ! graves turbae miserse ejulatus, 
 Ecce ! diro ardent occuli dolore, 
 Dura lanit nunquam moriturus ima 
 
 Viscera vermis. 
 Conscias mordent veluti rapaces 
 Vultures, vitse facinora fibras ; 
 Dum ruit coelo comitatus iree 
 
 Flumine Judex. 
 O ! ut infelix ululat tremetque 
 Grex mori frustra cupiens ad orcum 
 Actus horrendum furiis hiantemque 
 
 Ore profundo. 
 Siste mens ; formse procul este dirse ; 
 Ecce ! adorantes simul et thronatos 
 Inter ut sanctos sedet exhibetque 
 
 NUMEN IESUS ! 
 
 Sit mihi sedes ibi, cum triumphans 
 Gentium Judex veniet ; polumque 
 Dum chorus scandit, celebretur alta 
 Voce Redemptor. 
 
54 
 
 THE CELEBRATED ODE OF SAPPHO, 
 
 TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH SAPPHICK. 
 
 Blest as th' Immortals is the youth, who nigh thee, 
 Sitting attentive to thy voice melodious, 
 Hears thy soft accents, and beholds thy kind smiles, 
 Rapture inspiring. 
 
 This my heart charm'd, this stupefied my senses, 
 Smit by thy beauty, soon as e'er I saw thee, 
 Tongue-tied I gazed, and in soft confusion, 
 Speechless ador'd thee. 
 
 Glow'd my fond bosom ; soon the subtile keen flame 
 Glid thro' my members with ideal murmurs, 
 Loud my ears tingled, and a cloud of darkness 
 Hung o'er my eye-lids. 
 
 Trembling all over, and bedew'd with cold sweats, 
 Tarnish'd my visage with a dying paleness, 
 Breathless I sunk down, with the pleasing languors, 
 Well-nigh expiring. 
 ♦See Note A.A. 
 
55 
 
 THE SAME, 
 
 ATTEMPTED IN FRENCH. 
 
 Heureux autant que les dieux memes, sans doute, 
 Est le jeune homme, qui proche de vous assis, 
 
 Le son de votre belle voix ecoute, 
 Et voit vos doux et aimables souris. 
 
 C'est ee qui embarrasse ma poitrine, 
 Ceci me donne des ravissemens de coeur, 
 
 Car en regardant votre charmante mine, 
 Me manque la parole tout a l'heure. 
 
 Ma langue s'engourdit ; tres vitement 
 Courent par tout mon corps des subtils feux ; 
 
 A les oreilles Pay du tintement, 
 Sombres nues obscureissent mes } r eux. 
 
 Noye d'une froide sueur et tout tremblant, 
 Mon ame a peine a garder son sejour ; 
 
 Je tombe, Je me pame, languissant 
 Pale, haletant, et demi-mort d'amour. 
 
56 
 
 HORATII LIB. I. OD. 22. 
 
 In Odam Sapyliicam (Greece) translata. 
 
 Integer vitse, scelerisque purus 
 Non eget Mauri jaculis neque arcu, 
 Nee venenatis gravida sagittis, 
 
 Fusee, pharetra: 
 Sive per Syrtes iter sestuosas, 
 Sive facturus per inhospitalem 
 Caucasum, vel quae loca fabulosus 
 
 Larnbit Hydaspes. 
 Namque me silva lupus in Sabina, 
 Dum meam canto Lalagen, et ultra 
 Terminum curis vagor expedites, 
 
 Fugit inermem : 
 Quale portentum neque militaris 
 Daunia in latis alit esculetis ; 
 Nee Jubae tellus generat, leonnm 
 
 Arida nutrix. 
 Pone me, pigris ubi nulla campis 
 Arbor cestiva recreatur aura ; 
 Quod latus mundi nebulae, malusque 
 
 Jupiter urget; 
 Pone sub curru nimium propinqui 
 Solis, in terra dooiibus negata, 
 Dulce ridentem Lalagen amabo, 
 
 Dulce loquentem. 
 
57 
 
 Tou 'OPATIOT BijSX. a. nS. xg. 
 
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 "O? /?iov r^pet olkolkov KaXdv TS 
 'Ov itoBZi 'M.ovpBv 0e\e ovSl to£oi> 3 
 'Ovdi nccrrrjv ^apfxaKO£ccr J 6'Caroig^ 
 
 <&V(TK£, <l>apYJTpi]V' 
 
 Errs Kavcrrsipwv ireov Si* "A/Jjuwv, 
 "Hrfi a^sivuv Sia 6u bSevav 
 Kovwurov, vtoi a k\vto$ 'YSaoTrrjg 
 Xwpta Xei^eu 
 
 r Q,g yap -nXcofxrjv dfxeXfjs tv vhj 
 Kai i[jir]v rjdov A.a\ayr)v Tta{3rivr} 7 
 Ti? \vko$ p.' ovpov 7rapa/3avra (psvye, 
 TfLaiirsp avonXoi' 
 
 *Oiov Iv Spvjxois rcpag ovS 1 ioiai 
 
 AoVVLT] kXcITY] 7To\ciXOLO /36<TK€t, 
 
 'OvS' 'lovpa 7tov T£K€ ydia, jxfJTTIp 
 Etrjpa \tovTiov. 
 
 'Et fxl kolv Orjs, oig neSioHriv dvdev 
 QaXirerai Sevdpog depivrjcriv avpaig' 
 A.vrap bXg dui ve^iXai^ KCLKog rs 
 Maii/erac drjp' 
 
 "Hr doiKrjrri x® 0VL i ty* <*/* a ljJ 
 "HXtou Xafxirpa fxdXa TrXrjvioiOj 
 f Hdu fxciSovarig AaXdyrjg ipdvco, 
 'HJu \a\ov(rr)g. 
 
58 
 
 HORACE'S ODE 22. BOOK I. 
 
 TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH SAPPHICK. 
 
 Innocence, Fuscus, and unblemish'd virtue 
 Wants not the Moor's sharp javelins to guard it, 
 Needs not his strong bow, nor his quiver fraught with 
 
 Arrows empoison'd : 
 Whether one travels through the scorching sand-wastes, 
 Climbs up rough, cold, inhospitable Caucase, 
 Or the strange soil treads, where renown'd Hydaspes 
 
 Dashes his floods down. 
 For a wolf lately, in a Sabine forest, 
 Shunn'd me spontaneous, though I rov'd unarmed, 
 Singing my charmer, Lalage, beyond bounds, 
 
 Thoughtless of danger. 
 Such a dire monster, neither Daunia war-like 
 Feeds in her vast woods, nor the land of Juba, 
 Sandy dry desert, and the nurse of lions, 
 
 E'er yet produced. 
 What though you place me, in the barren regions, 
 Where no tree's foster'd by the summer's warm breeze, 
 Where the cold snow-clouds and malignant keen air 
 
 Check vegetation ; 
 What though in hot climes, never mortal dwelt in, 
 Under the bright car of the sun too nigh me, 
 Charmingly smiling Lalage I must love, 
 
 Charmingly talking. 
 
59 
 
 MEDITATION 
 
 OVER A DYING PATIENT. 
 I. 
 
 Well ! I have done, I can no more, 
 But must my baffled aim deplore ; 
 I'll lay my drugs and cordials by, 
 For art is vain and he must die. 
 
 II. 
 When heaven demands a mortal's breath, 
 And fainting nature yields to death, 
 Nor love nor art avails to save 
 The tott'ring fabrick from the grave. 
 
 III. 
 But may I in this mirror see 
 What I ere long must also be ! 
 And while a pitied patient dies, 
 Receive instruction and be wise. 
 
 IV. 
 Fix'd is th' unalterable date, 
 Fix'd as the firm decrees of fate ; 
 (And, O my soul ! it may be nigh,) 
 When heaven will call and I must die. 
 
 V. 
 In vain physicians may be near ; 
 In vain my friends may drop a tear ; 
 For medicines will not relieve, 
 Nor love procure an hour's reprieve. 
 
60 MEDITATION. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Then will death's mighty arm arrest 
 This throbbing movement in my breast, 
 And spite of nature's feeble strife, 
 Victorious storm the seat of life. 
 
 VII. 
 Then must thou, O my soul ! obey 
 Heaven's high command to quit thy clay 
 Then must thou breathe thy final groan, 
 And take thy flight to worlds unknown. 
 
 VIII. 
 But where, O where ! thy last abode 1 
 In glory near the throne of God 1 
 Or must thou (0 ! forever) dwell, 
 In the dark dismal shades of hell 1 
 
 IX. 
 Lord make me to myself a friend, 
 To meditate my latter end ! 
 Teach me the number of my days, 
 And guide my feet in wisdom's ways ; 
 
 X. 
 That when this tenement of clay 
 Must sink to ruin and decay, 
 I may to some blest mansion rise, 
 A house eternal in the skies. 
 
61 
 
 PRAISE TO GOD 
 FOR RESTORING GOODNESS. 
 
 A PINDARICK ODE. A. D. 1757. 
 I. 
 
 Bless, O my soul I the God of love ; 
 
 With awe profound adore 
 The wonders of his healing pow'r, 
 With grateful joy let thy warm passions move ; 
 Then to his name in lofty numbers raise 
 A sacred song of solemn praise ; 
 Who in a dangerous hour 
 Preserv'd of late thy life and lengthen'd out thy days. 
 
 II. 
 
 Oft has He sav'd my soul from death ; 
 Borne up my sinking frame ; 
 Restraint my flying breath, 
 And calm'd the tumults of the vital stream ; 
 When I've lain wasted by some dire disease, 
 While burden'd nature found no ease, 
 
 And I drew near the dead ; 
 Oft has his hand sustain'd my head, 
 Sooth'd all the sorrows of my bed, 
 
 And made my anguish cease. 
 His word pronounc'd the high command, 
 
 And his preserving hand, 
 His hand omnipotent to save, 
 Restor'd me from the gloomy borders of the grave. 
 
62 PINDARICK ODE. 
 
 III. 
 
 But chief, my soul review 
 The memorable night ;* 
 When death, grim tyrant, rose to view, 
 Shook in his hand a dreadful dart, 
 (Challeng'd me to th' unequal fight,) 
 And aim'd it at my heart : 
 How trembling and aghast I stood, 
 And felt past crimes my vitals gnaw, 
 While all before mine eyes I saw 
 The terrours of a broken law ; 
 A slighted Saviour's blood : 
 And oh ! amazing sight ! 
 Array'd in piercing light, 
 Insufferably bright, 
 The dread tribunal of an angry God ! 
 
 IV. 
 
 And ah ! what tongue can tell, 
 What agonizing pain my bosom tore ; 
 While, as I thought the day of patience o'er, 
 
 I saw heaven shut ! a yawning hell ! 
 A frowning Judge ! a frowning Saviour too ! 
 And in the pit below, 
 Astonish'd heard a fiery storm, 
 Of wrath almighty roar ; 
 
 *See Note B.B. 
 
PINDARICK ODE. 63 
 
 Half felt the tortures of the deathless worm ; 
 And in the horrid gloom, 
 With dire amazement, read my doom 
 To never — never — never-ending woe. 
 
 V. 
 
 But oh ! while thus a criminal I stood, 
 
 By law condemn'd to die, 
 The prisoner of almighty wrath, 
 
 And thought the execution nigh ; 
 My pitying Judge, my often injur'd God, 
 Repuls'd the bold demands of death, 
 
 And gave a kind reprieve : 
 Bade me avoid the sinner's road, 
 
 His offer'd grace receive, 
 And spend my future life for him who spar'd my breath. 
 
 VI. 
 
 And though the grisly foe, 
 With all his gloomy terrours arm'd, 
 Has often since my trembling soul alarm'd, 
 Yet God has still his rage disarm'd ; 
 Nor would he give 
 The tyrant leave, 
 To strike the fatal blow : 
 And while half victor in the strife, 
 Of late, he almost triumph'd o'er my life, 
 And unrelenting, saw my kindred mourn ; 
 
64 PINDARICK ODE, 
 
 My God compassionate as just 
 
 The bands of my confinement burst, 
 
 Redeemed my body from the dust, 
 
 And bade my soul return : 
 Untir'd, his patience knows no bound, 
 
 Amazing is his grace ! 
 While three long years 
 
 Have rolPd their circles round, 
 I've stood a cumberer of the ground ; 
 Have oft provok'd him to his face, 
 And yet his mercy calls, and yet his wrath forbears. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Great God ! on such a stupid creature, why 
 
 Dost show'r thy blessings down ; 
 Who not deserves the notice of thine eye, 
 And yet provokes thy frown ? 
 
 I would review 
 The kindness thou hast shown, 
 With wonder and confusion too, 
 How good art thou, O God ! but, how unthankful I ! 
 Vast is the debt of gratitude I owe, 
 For mercies great beyond the bounds of thought; 
 
 How should my bosom glow, 
 With sacred flames, and bless the gentle blow 
 Of thy chastising rod I 
 
PINDARICK ODE. 65 
 
 But ah ! my rebel heart 
 Still acts a treacherous part, 
 Forgets the wonders thou hast wrought, 
 And wanders from my God. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 My God, subdue this heart of stone ; 
 
 Melt all my stubborn passions down ; 
 Each rebel-wish control ; 
 
 By the chastisements thou hast giv'n, 
 
 Embitter sin, and teach my soul 
 Entire submission to the will of heav'n. 
 
 To heavenly things exalt my cares, 
 
 And from this world's bewitching snares, 
 O ! set my spirit free : 
 
 And by thy mercies, Lord, inspire 
 
 My breast, and set my heart on fire, 
 
 With love and zeal and warm desire, 
 To dedicate my life, and all my powers to THEE. 
 
Q>6 
 
 AN ELEGY, 
 
 On the death of Doct. Nathaniel Scudder, "who was 
 slain in a skirmish with a party of refugees, at Shrews- 
 bury, New Jersey, October 16th, 1781. 
 
 " Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus 
 " Tarn cari capitis ?" — Horace. 
 
 I. 
 
 Scudder, my friend, art thou, dear man, no more ? 
 
 Sad victim fall'n on Shrewsbury's fatal plain ! 
 
 Must I thy end so tragical deplore, 
 
 In virtue's cause by murd'rous traitors slain? 
 ii. 
 More splendid titles* did thy name adorn, 
 
 When thou, erewhile, with unremitting zeal, 
 
 Didst losses, toils and dangers nobly scorn, 
 
 A strenuous champion for the public weal, 
 in. 
 But oh ! the tender title Friend alone 
 
 Can speak what language most expressive needs ; 
 
 How my fond heart, while I thy fate bemoan, 
 
 Smarts with keen anguish and deep-wounded bleeds. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Let those who knew thy publick merits most, 
 With wreaths of honour decorate thy urn ; 
 
 With me, the patriot in the man is lost, 
 And less my country, than my friend, I mourn. 
 
 * Note CC. 
 
AN ELEGY. 67 
 
 V. 
 Friendship's pure flame did in thy bosom glow, 
 
 And a kind fervour to thy words impart ; 
 
 While gentle manners shew'd, thou well didst know, 
 
 All the fine feelings of the social heart. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Thou dear companion of my early years ! 
 
 I'm taught, when I our former lives review, 
 By heart-felt pangs and daily flowing tears, 
 
 I ne'er before, how much I lov'd thee, knew. 
 
 VII. 
 
 The paths of science we together trod, 
 Ambitious rivals ; yet so kindly strove, 
 
 That competition but endear'd the road, 
 And emulation fann'd the fire of love. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 How did our souls a mutual passion prove, 
 My brother Scudder, wonderful and rare ! 
 
 If not less ardent, less sublime the love, 
 
 That warms th' enraptur'd lover and the fair. 
 
 IX. 
 
 How art thou falPn, Scudder, highly priz'd ; 
 
 By what vile hands depriv'd of vital breath ! 
 A crew, of whom, whole hundreds sacrific'd, 
 
 Were not sufficient to avenge thy death. 
 
68 AN ELEGY. 
 
 X. 
 How art thou fall'n into death's cruel jaws ! 
 
 At an untimely date, a sudden prey : 
 
 Just in the crisis of thy Country's cause, 
 
 Just at the dawn of her triumphant day. 
 
 XI. 
 
 High were thy hopes of our late conquest rais'd, 
 (But thou, to see the great event, denied,) 
 
 When Washington's meridian glory blaz'd 
 Eclipsing splendour on Cornwallis' pride. 
 
 XII. 
 
 So, erst the giver of the Jewish law, 
 
 To enter Canaan earnestly desir'd ; 
 But the good land from Nebo only saw, 
 
 And on the top of Pisgah's mount expir'd. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 But the Supreme saw fit to call thee hence, 
 Where thou, for freedom, hast so nobly striv'n; 
 
 And doubtless, swift wing'd messengers from thence 
 Oft bear glad tidings to the court of heav'n. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 There, Scudder, thou, we trust, dost glorious reign, 
 By trials, well for that bright world prepared ; 
 
 Sharing from liberality divine, 
 
 A faithful servant's exquisite reward. 
 
AN ELEGY. 69 
 
 XV. 
 There, this great victory by thy country won, 
 
 Well known ev'n there, shall thy glad songs employ ; 
 
 And all the wonders God, for us, has done, 
 
 Add still new raptures to celestial joy. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 There, O my Scudder, may I meet thee there, 
 Where discord, war and desolation cease ; 
 
 Where reigns complete tranquillity, and where 
 All the blest world is harmony and peace — 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Where rules no tyrant; from the common cause, 
 Apostate spirits draw no trait'rous sword: 
 
 But all unite t' obey the righteous laws 
 Of an Almighty and all-gracious LORD. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 Where selfish aims, each gen'rous temper spurns, 
 In concert sweet, the social passions move : 
 
 Each heart with an exalted friendship burns, 
 And every breast breathes universal love. 
 
 PALINODY. 
 
 I. 
 
 Thus sung thy friend, by fond affection mov'd, 
 
 To drop the tears of sorrow o'er thy urn : 
 But soon, by conscious sentiment reprov'd, 
 Saw greater reason for himself to mourn. 
 
70 AN ELEGY. 
 
 II. 
 So bright, bless'd shade ! thy deeds of virtue shine ; 
 
 So rich, no doubt, thy recompense on high: 
 
 My lot's far more lamentable than thine, 
 
 Thou hVst in death, while I in living die. 
 in. 
 With great applause hast thou perform'd thy part, 
 
 Since thy first entrance on the stage of life ; 
 
 Or in the labours of the healing art, 
 
 Or in fair Liberty's important strife. 
 
 IV. 
 
 In med'cine skilful, and in warfare brave, 
 
 In council steady, uncorrupt and wise ; 
 
 To thee, the happy lot thy Maker gave, 
 
 To no small rank, in each of these to rise, 
 v. 
 Employ'd in constant usefulness thy time,. 
 
 And thy fine talents in exertion strong; 
 
 Thou died'st advanc'd in life, though in thy prime, 
 
 For, living useful thou hast lived long. 
 
 VI. 
 
 But I, alas ! like some unfruitful tree, 
 
 That useless stands, a cumberer of the plain ; 
 
 My faculties unprofitable see, 
 
 And five long years have liv'd almost in vain. 
 
AN ELEGY. 71 
 
 VII. 
 While all around me, like the busy swarms, 
 
 That ply the fervent labours of the hive; 
 
 Or guide the state, with ardour rush to arms, 
 
 Or some less great, but needful business drive,, 
 
 VIII. 
 
 I see my time inglorious glide away, 
 Obscure and useless like an idle drone; 
 
 And uncondueive each revolving day, 
 Or to my country's int'rest or my own.* 
 
 IX. 
 
 Great hast thou liv'd and glorious hast thou died ; 
 
 Though trait'rous villains have cut short thy days ; 
 
 Virtue must shine, whatever fate betide, 
 
 Be theirs the scandal, and be thine the praise, 
 x. 
 Then, to my soul thy memory shall be, 
 
 From glory bright, as from affection, dear ; 
 
 And while I live to pour my grief for thee, 
 
 Glad joy shall sparkle in each trickling tear. 
 
 XI. 
 
 Thy great example too shall fire my breast ; 
 
 If heav'n permit, with thee, again I'll vie : 
 And all thy conduct well in mine express'd, 
 
 Like thee I'll live, though I like thee should die. 
 *Note DD. 
 
72 
 
 THE DESPERATE WISH, 
 
 OR 
 MELANCHOLY EXTRAVAGANCE. A. D. 1760. 
 
 I. 
 
 Tell me, ye Furies, where to find 
 
 Some subterranean cave, 
 Dark as the horrour of my mind, 
 And silent as the grave. 
 
 II. 
 
 Where none but melancholy things 
 
 Possess the dreary plains ; 
 Where darkness spreads her raven-wings, 
 And night perpetual reigns. 
 
 III. 
 
 Near some vast heap of ruins be 
 
 The desolate abode ; 
 Like those astonish'd trav'lers see, 
 Where ancient Babylon stood. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Rubbish should all deform the ground, 
 
 And make a rueful show ; 
 Wild brambles ail the place surround, 
 And nettles rampant grow. 
 
THE DESPERATE WISH. 73 
 
 V. 
 iDragons should there their stations keep, 
 
 And wave their ragged wings ; 
 
 There vipers hiss, foul lizards creep, 
 
 And scorpions dart their stings. 
 VI. 
 Voracious monsters there should stray, 
 
 In quest of human gore ; 
 
 There savage tigers howl for prey* 
 
 And hungry lions roar. 
 VII. 
 There, perch'd on each dry blasted oak* 
 
 Should nest each rav'nous fowl ; 
 
 There should the om'nous raven croak* 
 
 There scream the odious owl. 
 VIII. 
 No arbours drest in living green, 
 
 No groves should there be found ! 
 
 Without a leaf each tree be seen, 
 
 Without a flow'r the ground. 
 IX. 
 The yew alone and cypress there, 
 
 In melancholy state, 
 
 Should flourish sacred to despair* 
 
 The emblems of my fate. 
 
74 THE DESPERATE WISH. 
 
 X. 
 
 No gentle zephyrs there should yield 
 
 The calm refreshing breeze ; 
 
 With silky pinions fan the field, 
 
 Or gently curl the seas. 
 XI. 
 But winds with warring winds engage, 
 
 And angry tempests roar ; 
 
 While the tumultuous ocean's rage 
 
 Lashes the groaning shore. 
 XII. 
 No trickling rill should soothe mine ear, 
 
 Or sparkle in mine eyes ; 
 
 But putrid lakes lie stagnant there, 
 
 And noxious vapours rise. 
 XIII. 
 Hard by a spot with hillocks spread, 
 
 And monumental stones, 
 
 Should lie devoted to the dead, 
 
 And guard their mould'ring bones. 
 XIV. 
 There mystick groans should pierce my ear, 
 
 Prophetick of my doom ; 
 
 There frowning spectres should appear 
 
 And stalk amid the gloom. 
 
THE DESPERATE "WISH. 75 
 
 XV. 
 
 No place should such fair objects gain 
 
 As suit a jovial taste ; 
 
 But ghastly desolation reign, 
 
 Through all the dismal waste. 
 XVI. 
 In these sad regions, I'd employ 
 
 My life's remaining span ; 
 
 There live exil'd from social joy, 
 
 And shun the face of man. 
 XVII. 
 No sprightly, gay idea there 
 
 Should e'er admittance find ; 
 
 No pleasing scene, with smiling air, 
 
 Should entertain my mind. 
 XVIII. 
 But gloomy thoughts should break my rest, 
 
 And through my fancy roll ; 
 
 Despair should swell my anxious breast, 
 
 And overwhelm my soul. 
 XIX. 
 There would I make my doleful moan, 
 
 There solitary sigh ; 
 
 There spend my days, unseen, unknown, 
 
 And unlamented die. 
 
76 
 
 A SONG 
 FOR THE SONS OF LIBERTY IN NEW-YORK. 
 
 COMPOSED AT THE TIME OF THE STAMP-ACT. 
 1. 
 
 In story we're told, 
 
 How our fathers of old 
 Brav'd the rage of the wind and the waves ; 
 
 And cross'd the deep o'er, 
 
 To this desolate shore, 
 All because they were loath to be slaves ; — Brave boys, 
 All because they were loath to be slaves. 
 
 2 
 
 Yet a strange scheme of late, 
 
 Has been form'd in the state, 
 By a knot of political knaves ; 
 
 Who in secret rejoice, 
 
 That the Parliament's voice, 
 Has resolv'd that we all shall be slaves ; — Brave boys, 
 
 3 
 
 But if we should obey 
 
 This vile statute, the way 
 To more base future slavery paves ; 
 
 Nor in spite of our pain, 
 
 Must we ever complain, 
 If we tamely submit to be slav es ; — Brave boys, 
 
A SONG. 77 
 
 4 
 
 Counteract, then, we must, 
 
 A decree so unjust, 
 Which our wise constitution depraves; 
 
 And all nature conspires, 
 
 To approve our desires, 
 For she cautions us not to be slaves ; — Brave boys, 
 
 5 
 
 As the sun's lucid ray, 
 
 To all nations gives day, 
 And a world from obscurity saves ; 
 
 So all happy and free, 
 
 George's subjects should be, 
 Then Americans must not be slaves ; — Brave boys, 
 
 6 
 Heav'n only controls 
 
 The great deep as it rolls, 
 And the tide which our continent laves, 
 
 Emphatical roars 
 
 This advice to our shores, 
 O Americans, never be slaves ; — Brave boys, 
 
 7 
 
 Hark ! the wind, as it flies, 
 
 Though o'errul'd by the skies, 
 While it each meaner obstacle braves, 
 
 Seems to say, "Be like me, 
 
 "Always loyally free, 
 4t But ah I never consent to be slaves ;" — Brave boys, 
 
78 A SONG. 
 
 8 
 
 To our monarch, we know, 
 
 Due allegiance we owe, 
 Who the sceptre so rightfully waves ; 
 
 But no sov'reign we own, 
 
 But the king on the throne, 
 And cannot, to subjects, be slaves ; — Brave boys, 
 
 9 
 
 Though fools stupidly tell, 
 
 That we mean to rebel ; 
 Yet all each American craves, 
 
 Is but to be free, 
 
 As we surely must be, 
 For we never were born to be slaves ; — Brave boys, 
 
 10 
 
 But whoever, in spite, 
 
 At American right, 
 Like insolent Haman behaves ; 
 
 Or would wish to grow great, 
 
 On the spoils of the state, 
 May he and his children be slaves ; — Brave boys, 
 
 11 
 
 Though against the repeal, 
 
 With intemperate zeal, 
 Proud Granville so brutishly raves ; 
 
 Yet our conduct shall show, 
 
 And our enemies know, 
 That Americans scorn to be slaves; — Brave boys, 
 
A SONG. 79 
 
 12 
 
 With the beasts of the wood, 
 
 We will ramble for food, 
 We will lodge in wild deserts and caves ; 
 
 And live poor as Job, 
 
 On the skirts of the globe, 
 Before we'll submit to be slaves ; — Brave boys, 
 
 13 
 
 The birth-right we hold, 
 
 Shall never be sold, 
 But sacred maintain'd to our graves; 
 
 And before we'll comply, 
 
 We will gallantly die, 
 For we must not, we will not be slaves ; — Brave boys, 
 For we must not, we will not be slaves. 
 
80 
 
 TO A CERTAIN BRAVE OFFICER 
 
 JUST RETURNED FROM THE CAMPAIGN, 1759. 
 
 (extempore.) 
 
 JY. B, — The individual addressed was a notorious bragga- 
 docio, and withal, a finished dandy; wearing his hair highly 
 dressed and tucked up with a comb. His better half was a per- 
 fect contrast to her spouse. 
 
 1 
 
 Hah! Captain Queue !— what, is it you? 
 
 And may I squeeze your thumb, sir? 
 Yes, on my word — I see your sword, 
 
 Well, you are welcome home, sir. 
 
 2 
 . From summer's heat— from toil and sweat* 
 
 Borne for a trifling sum, sir ; 
 
 To peaceful rest — in your own nest, 
 
 You're very welcome home, sir. 
 
 3 
 
 From Northern snows — which Boreas blows* 
 That makes one's fingers numb, sir ; 
 
 To the bright spires — of winter fires, 
 You're very welcome borne* sir* 
 
TO A BRAVE OFFICER. 81 
 
 4 
 From tents in camp— so cold and damp, 
 
 To your convenient dome, sir, 
 Safe from the storm—so dry and warm, 
 
 You're very welcome home, sir. 
 
 5 
 
 From the bleak coasts— where Northern gusts 
 
 Make wild Ontario foam, sir; 
 To Nassau's shores — where ocean roars, 
 You're very welcome home, sir. 
 
 6 
 From war's dread noise — the cannon's voice, 
 
 And daily beat of drums, sir ; 
 To the shrill notes — of female throats, 
 
 You're very welcome home, sir. 
 
 7 
 From savage blades — whose painted heads 
 
 Appear so dreadful glum, sir ; 
 To the soft looks — of civil folks, 
 You're very welcome home, sir. 
 
 8 
 From war's alarms — from fatal harms, 
 
 From powder, bullets, bombs, sir; 
 To Sylvia's charms— in Sylvia's arms, 
 
 You're very welcome home,, sir. 
 
82 TO A BRAVE OFFICER. 
 
 9 
 From Mohawk squaws — against the laws, 
 
 Converted into strums, sir; 
 T' a sober life — with your own wife, 
 
 You're very welcome home, sir. 
 
 10 
 At your return — through spite and scorn, 
 
 Your enemies are dumb, sir ; 
 
 But for my part — with all my heart, 
 
 I bid you welcome home, sir. 
 
 11 
 
 Alive again — from the campaign 
 
 I'm glad to see you come, sir ; 
 
 Safe from the war — without a scar, 
 
 You're very welcome home, sir. 
 
 12 
 
 The rapid flight — of balls in fight 
 
 Has proved the death of some, sir; 
 Your life you chose — not to expose, 
 * Lest you should ne'er come home, sir. 
 
 13 
 
 You've struck no blows — subdu'd no foes, 
 
 Nor were you overcome, sir ; 
 You scal'd no Alps — 'tis true, for scalps, 
 
 Yet you have safe got home, sir. 
 
TO A BRAVE OFFICER. 83 
 
 14 
 If you can't fight — witli such delight 
 
 As you can wear a comb, sir; 
 Yet well I know — that you can crow, 
 
 Come, then, you're welcome home, sir. 
 
 15 
 Others aspire — to ranks still higher, 
 
 And greater men become, sir ; 
 But you content — plain Captain went, 
 
 And such you are come home, sir. 
 
 16 
 You went to quell— that imp of hell, 
 
 I mean the Pope of Rome, sir ; 
 And now you may — at leisure slay 
 
 The Man of Sin at home, sir. 
 
 17 
 
 My joyful tongue — has run so long 
 
 'Tis almost tir'd ; but mum! sir: 
 I cannot stay — but must away — so once for aye, 
 You're very welcome home, sir. 
 
 THE END. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Note A. Page 10. 
 
 The classick scholar does not need to be informed, but 
 it may be satisfactory to the unlettered reader to know, 
 that the word Cambromyomachia is compounded of three 
 Greek words, (KauPpojv — pwi/ — i^x^) which literally mean 
 as translated, The battle of the Welsh and the Mice. 
 The formation of the title, as well as the general idea of 
 the poem, was probably suggested by the " Batrochomyo- 
 machia," or, " The bailie of the Frogs and the Mice;" which 
 is generally ascribed to Homer, and to which, allusion is 
 made by the Author, upon a blank leaf of the translation. 
 
 Note B. Page 10. 
 
 Smynthee Yates — Line 5, Muscipula. 
 
 Favour, Great Smynlheus, c^c, Line 9, Mouse-trap. 
 
 Smyntheus is one of the names of Apollo, applied to him 
 in Phrygia ; where the inhabitants reared him a temple, 
 because he had destroyed a multitude of rats that infested 
 the country. These rats were called oynyflat, in the lan- 
 guage of Phrygia, whence the above name is evidently de- 
 rived. — One of the scholiasts of Homer says, that Apollo 
 was so named by his priest Chryses, whose gardens and 
 fruits were preserved, by him, from the devastation of rats. 
 Either statement proves the classick propriety of the ap- 
 pellation, by our author, in his invocation to the god of the 
 fine arts, in an undertaking, in which one species of these 
 animals was to bear so conspicuous a part. 
 
 Note C. Page 10. 
 
 Pindus. Line 7. — Translation, Line 10. 
 
 Pindus is a mountain, or rather a chain of mountains 
 
 between Thessaly, Macedonia and Epirus, in European 
 
 Turkey, celebrated by the poets as sacred to Apollo and 
 
 the Muses. 
 
 Note D. Page 12. 
 
 Cambria, Line 20. — Wales, Line 28. See Map. 
 
 This was the ancient name of the Principality of Wales, 
 
 m the West of England. It is about 150 miles from N. to 
 
 S. and from 50 to 80 broad; and is divided into North and 
 
86 APPENDIX. 
 
 South Wales ; each comprehending six shires or counties. 
 The former are Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Flint, 
 Merioneth and Montgomery : — the latter ; Cardigan, Rad- 
 nor, Pembroke,Caermarthen, Brecknock and Glamorgan. 
 The country, though mountainous, especially in North 
 Wales, is far from being sterile. — All the eminences, with 
 few exceptions, are covered with vegetation, and enclose 
 many sequestered glens ; some of them gloomy and soli- 
 tary, and others interspersed with fertile and romantick 
 valleys, affording the most picturesque scenery. Wales is 
 remarkable for the beauty of its mountain landscapes, and 
 the number of streams and lakes, by which it is watered. 
 It comprehends about 7,425 square miles, and contains, at 
 the present time, but little over 800,000 inhabitants. Its 
 territory is about one-seventh, and its population one-sixteenth 
 of that of England. The hills, besides the metals and 
 minerals which they contain, are covered with pasturage, 
 supporting vast herds of deer, goats, sheep and black cat- 
 tle ; and the valleys abounding in corn, as the seas and 
 rivers do in fish. Here are also wood, coal and turf, in 
 abundance. It is, on the whole, a country abounding in 
 the necessaries of life. The cattle, though small, make 
 excellent beef; and their cows are remarkable for yield- 
 ing large quantities of milk. This circumstance, in par- 
 ticular, furnished the occasion of the poem, and fully war- 
 ranted the remark "Plenty itself her miseries procur'd." 
 
 Note E. Page 12. 
 
 Cambris pronafurori cor da — Line 26. 
 
 Welsh furious passions, fyc. — Line 40. 
 
 To the honour of the Welsh character, it is recorded, 
 that "they are a brave, hospitable people ;" but it is added 
 on the same authority, that "they are exceedingly jealous 
 of affronts, passionate and hasty ; — more jealous of their 
 liberties than the English, and far more irascible. " Says 
 another — "they are hardy, active, lively, hospitable, kind- 
 hearted, only a little hot and quarrelsome." To this last 
 characteristick the poet here alludes. 
 
 Note F. Page 14. 
 Ilia quidem varias posuil circum ora caverncc — Line 34. 
 She oft indeed around his cavern stray' 'd, — Line 51. 
 'This is a most vivid description of the actions of a cat, 
 while lying in wait for her puny victim. Any one that 
 
APPENDIX. 87 
 
 has ever thought it worth while, to observe the artifice of 
 the animal, when thus employed, cannot fail to be im- 
 pressed with the aptness and beauty and vigour of the de- 
 scription.' The same remarks are equally applicable to 
 the description of the same animal, after she has captured 
 the foe, which will be found at the 310th line and onward 
 of the translation. 
 
 Note G. Page 14. 
 
 Sic Cambri, <fyc. — Line 44. 
 
 So once the Cambrians, <fyc. — Line 64. 
 
 The Welsh are supposed to be the descendants of the 
 Cimbrian or Cymraig Gauls, who made a settlement in 
 England, about eighty years before the first descent of Ju- 
 lius Csesar ; and thereby obtained the name of Gallies, or 
 Wallies, (the G and W being used promiscuously by the 
 ancient Britons,) that is, strangers. The allusion, in this 
 verse, is not a mere poetick fancy, but is founded on nota- 
 ble and well attested historical facts. 
 \ The Romans, with all their skill and prowess, were nev- 
 er able to subdue the Welsh, till the reign of Vespasian. 
 And the Saxons, after making themselves masters of all 
 England, never got possession of any part of Wales, ex- 
 cept the counties of Monmouth and Hereford, which for- 
 merly belonged to the Principality. 
 
 When the Heptarchy, or, the government of the seven 
 Saxon kingdoms, was established in Britain, A. D. 547, 
 after a violent contest of almost 150 years, to which the 
 whole southern part of the Island was subjected, Wales 
 and Cornwall alone were excepted from its dominion. — 
 The inhabitants of these provinces, when attacked by their 
 enemies, fled into the remote valleys and inaccessible 
 mountains of their territories, and there reposed securely 
 from the fury of their invaders. Thus while England 
 mingled its population with strangers, and exchanged its 
 language, customs and political institutions, for those 
 of their conquerors, the Welsh retain theirs, in a great 
 measure, to the present day. The gentry pride themselves 
 greatly on the antiquity of their families, and are very- 
 fond of carrying back their pedigrees, to the most remote 
 period. Though they can speak the English language, 
 and occasionally use it, the common people, in gener- 
 al, use only their own language ; which not only differs 
 entirely from the English, but has very little affinity with 
 
88 APPENDIX. 
 
 any of the Western tongues, except the Gaelick, Erse, or 
 Irish. It is said to be a dialect of the ancient Celtick, and, 
 in many respects, resembles the Hebrew. Through na- 
 tional pride the genuine Cambrian holds his country and 
 his nation superior to all others ; and regards the Sasna 
 or Saxon as a lower race of yesterday. With this is con- 
 nected, in a high degree, the pride of pedigree : even the 
 humblest Welshman tracing his origin far above the low- 
 land genealogy. On this ground, it is no empty boast, 
 that — Hence her sons rehearse a numerous throng 1 
 
 Of ancestors, and hence they hold so long, > 
 
 Their lands unconquered and their ancient tongue, ) 
 
 Wales continued to be governed by her own native 
 princes, though sometimes obliged to do homage to the 
 English kings, until the reign of Edward I. Llewellyn 
 the younger, then Prince of Wales, refusing to do homage 
 in person, to the king, as his father had done before him, 
 Edward entered the Principality with a numerous army ; 
 penetrated into the heart of the country, and surrounding 
 Llewellyn and the flower of the Welsh, on the hills of 
 Snowdon, obliged thern to surrender at discretion. The 
 Prince did homage, and permitted his barons to swear 
 fealty to the crown of England, besides relinquishing a 
 part of his territory. This peace, however, was of short 
 duration. The Welsh being provoked by the insolence 
 of the English borderers, again arose in arms. Edward 
 re-entered the country, with a force too great for resist- 
 ance. Llewellyn was surprised and slain, with 2000 of 
 his followers. His brother David, the hereditary Prince* 
 having been treacherously surrendered, was tried, con- 
 demned and inhumanly hanged ; and afterwards drawn 
 and quartered, as a traitor, for defending the liberties of 
 his country, and his own hereditary authority. Intimi- 
 dated by these occurrences, the Welsh nobility submitted; 
 and the sovereignty of England was established, through- 
 out the Principality : A. D. 1284. 
 
 But the most inhuman act of all remains to be recorded. 
 Edward, sensible that nothing cherished military glory 
 and bravery, so much as traditional poetry, collected the 
 Welsh bards, and. from a barbarous policy, caused them 
 to be put to death ; an act, that cannot fail to reflect eter- 
 nal disgrace on his name. 
 
 To complete the work of subjugation, and reconcile the 
 Welsh to the English crownj it is said, that Edward pro- 
 
APPENDIX. 89 
 
 posed to give them a prince of unexceptionable manners, 
 who was a Welshman by birth, and could speak no other 
 language : and upon their promising, with acclamations 
 of joy, to receive and obey him ; he invested in the Prin- 
 cipality, his infant son Edward, who had been born in 
 Caernarvonshire Castle, whither his queen had been con- 
 veyed, before the birth of the child, with a view to this sub- 
 tle project. Thus Wales was fully annexed to the English 
 crown ; and, henceforth, the title "Prince of Wales " 
 has descended to the eldest son of the king of England. 
 But although material alterations were made in their 
 laws and judicial proceedings, it is very remarkable, that 
 the Welsh still retain much of their original polity ; par- 
 ticularly, their law of inheritance, by which their lands are 
 divided equally among the male issue, and do not descend 
 to the oldest son alone. 
 
 Note H. Page 16. 
 
 Concilium accitur qua nunc Menevia plorat <J*c. — Line 55. 
 
 A council' s summon'd, on their utmost coast, 
 
 Where now St. David's mourns, fyc. — Line 83. 
 
 St. David's, anciently called Menevia, Menavia or 
 Menapia, is a town in Pembrokeshire, and was formerly 
 an Archbishop's see. In king Arthur's time, it was the 
 metropolitan of the British church ; and so continued, till 
 the reign of Henry I : at which time, Bernard, who was 
 the 47th Archbishop of St. David's, became suffragan to 
 the see of Canterbury. To this circumstance, the poet 
 aptly alludes, in the passage above quoted. Although it 
 continues to be a bishop's see, the unhealthiness of its 
 situation, and the barrenness of the soil, have reduced it 
 to a single street of miserable cottages. The only re- 
 mains, of its former glory, are the Cathedral and the bish- 
 op's palace. The former is an ancient and venerable 
 building, 300 feet long, and about 137 feet wide : the east 
 end of it is in ruins ; the western part and choir are in 
 good repair. The latter, once large and magnificent, is 
 an extensive ruin. 
 
 Note I. Page 18. 
 
 Sic Cadvaladeri &c. — Line 71. 
 
 As long as great Cadwallader* s name, <$c. — Line 111. 
 
 Cadwallader or Caeu walla, as the name was for* 
 merly written, was king of the ancient Britons ; who, in 
 
 G 
 
90 APPENDIX. 
 
 conjunction with Penda, king of Mercia, fought a great 
 battle against the forces of Northumberland, in which Ed- 
 win their king, and his son Osfrid were both slain. The 
 kingdom of Northumberland being divided, Osrick, king 
 of Deiri, perished in battle against Csedwalla ; and Ean- 
 frid of Bernicia, was soon afterwards taken off by treach- 
 ery. Oswald, the brother of Eanfrid, again invaded the 
 kingdom, about the year 634, and gained a bloody and 
 well disputed battle against Caedwalla. This is said to 
 have been the last vigorous effort the Britons made a- 
 gainst the Saxons. 
 
 Note K. Page 20. 
 Taffi. — St. David, commonly called St. Taffy, is 
 the tutelary saint of the Welsh. The variation of the 
 name is easily accounted for, by the fact, that the Welsh 
 use T for D, and F for V. Hence Shakspeare in his Hen- 
 ry V. introduces Fluellen as expressing himself thus : 
 
 " Though he be as goot a gentleman as the tevil is, as Lucifer and Belzebub 
 himself," &c. 
 
 Again, " Capt. Jamy is a marvellous falorous gentleman," &c. 
 
 And yet again, " I would fain see the mail, that has but two legs, that shall 
 find himself aggriefed &c. — and please Got of his grace that I might see it." 
 
 These examples, which might be multiplied, are suffi- 
 cient to show how readily, by a Welshman's organs of 
 speech, St. Davy would be changed into St. Taffy, 
 
 Note L. Page 24. 
 
 <* Divina Palladis arte" — Line 125. 
 
 By Palladian art &c. — Line 191. 
 
 The classick reader will, at once recognise this phrase 
 as a quotation from Virg. iEnei. B. II. ver. 15. and is 
 there applied to the construction of the Trojan horse, by 
 which stratagem, the city was taken. It is here used in 
 a truly satirical style, in reference to the invention of the 
 Mouse-trap. — Pallas, one of the names of Minerva, the 
 daughter of Jupiter's brain, was so called, either, because 
 she killed the giant Pallas ; or, according to others, from 
 the spear which she appears {-r:a\leiv) to brandish. She is 
 the goddess of wisdom and all the useful arts. 
 
 Note M. Page 26. 
 
 Parc<z—Linel36. The fatal Three-- Line 203. The poeti- 
 cal Fates or Destinies. In the ancient mythology, they 
 were powerful goddesses, who were supposed to preside 
 
 ■■ 
 
APPENDIX. 91 
 
 over the birth, life and death of mankind. Clotho, the 
 youngest, held a distaff in her hand, and presided over the 
 hour of birth. — Lechesis is represented as turning a 
 wheel and drawing out the thread, and, therefore, direct- 
 ing the events of life. — Atropos, the eldest, is clad in a 
 black veil, holding a pair of scissors, ready to cut off the 
 thread of human life. According to some, these destinies 
 were subject to none of the gods, except Jupiter ; while 
 others assert, that even Jupiter himself could not control 
 their power. The above allusion to this poetical fable is 
 elegant and striking, though applied to so small an event, 
 as the death of a mouse. 
 
 Note N. Page 30. 
 
 Sic olim in retia Marsus actus aper &c. — Line 176. 
 
 So, as of old, ihefurious Marsian boar — Line 258. 
 
 The Marsi were a nation of Germany, who afterwards 
 settled in a part of Italy ; which abounded in wild boars 
 and other ferocious beasts. This figure, like several al- 
 ready noticed,being a comparison of small things to great, 
 possesses peculiar force and beauty, and serves to raise 
 the edge of the satire. 
 
 Note O. Page 32. 
 Pembrochia — Line 192. Pembroke — Line 280. A shire in 
 South Wales ; and derives its name from the county 
 town. The air of this county is very salubrious, and the 
 soil fertile. It has but few mountains, and these, chiefly 
 in the North-Eastern part, yield good pasture for cattle 
 and sheep. Towards the sea-coasts, the land extends in- 
 to rich meadows and corn-fields. This county abounds* 
 with cattle, sheep and goats. 
 
 Note P. Page 32. 
 Mervinia — Line 192 — The ancient name of Merioneth, 
 Line 280, a shire or county in North Wales. The air of this 
 district is very sharp in winter, on account of its high bar- 
 ren mountains. The soil is as poor as any in Wales, be- 
 ing very rocky and mountainous. It however feeds large 
 flocks of sheep and goats, and vast herds of horned cattle. 
 
 Note Q,. Page 32. 
 Bonium — Line 193, The ancient name of Bangor — Line 
 281, is a small city of Caernarvonshire, in North Wales; sit- 
 
92 APPENDIX. 
 
 uated on the banks of the Deva, in a narrow valley, be- 
 tween two ridges of slate rock. In former times, it was 
 so considerable a town, that it was called 'Bangor the 
 Great ;' and was defended by a strong castle, but it is 
 now an inconsiderable place. 
 
 Note R. Page 32. 
 Maridunum Line 193. The ancient name of Caer- 
 marthen—Line 281, the capital town of a county of that 
 name in South Wales, situated in a fruitful valley, on the 
 acclivity of a steep hill, on the North branch of the river 
 Towey or Towy. It is of great antiquity, being the Mari- 
 dunum of Ptolemy. This town is lamed as the birth-place 
 of the celebrated magician Merlin Ambrose. Near the 
 town, is a wood, called Merlin's Grove; where he is said to 
 have retired often for contemplation. And on Martin's hill, 
 near the tower, is a rock called Merlin's Chair, from which 
 his prophecies are supposed to have been uttered. Many 
 of his pretended predictions are still preserved in the 
 country. 
 
 Note S. Page 32. 
 
 Fcecunda Glamorgan — Line 194. Fat Glamorgan — Line 
 283. A county in S.Wales, deriving its name, as some sup- 
 pose, from a contraction of the Welsh words Gwald Mor- 
 gan, or the County of Morgan ; from a Prince of that 
 name, said to have been killed, 800 years before the birth 
 of Christ. Others derive the name from Mor, signifying 
 sea, this being a maritime county. — The Northern part is 
 very mountainous and barren, and, consequently, thinly 
 inhabited. Here,however, is the source of several streams, 
 which run to the South, through vales gradually enlarg- 
 ing, to which they add great fertility. The Southern part 
 is so remarkably fertile, pleasant and populous, that it has 
 been styled the Garden of Wales. Hence the poet calls it 
 "Foecunda Glamorgan." 
 
 Note T. Page 32. 
 
 Et Vagce potor — Line ] 95. 
 
 And those that drink the Wye — Line 284. 
 
 The Wye, anciently called Vaga, is a river of Wales, 
 which rises in Cardiganshire, forms a natural boundary 
 between the counties of Brecknock and Radnor in Wales, 
 runs through Hereford, Gloucester and Monmouth, in 
 
APPENDIX. 93 
 
 England, and falls into the Severn, a small distance be- 
 low Chepstow. 
 
 Note U. Page 32. 
 
 Rigidusque colonus Gomerici monlis — Line 196. 
 
 Montgomery's sturdy clowns. — Line 284. 
 
 Montgomery is a city in North Wales, and capital of 
 the county of the same name ; so called from Roger de 
 Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, who built the castle. 
 Jt is called by the Welsh, Tre Baldwin ; that is, Baldwin's 
 town; having been built by Baldwin, Lieutenant of the 
 marches of Wales, in the reign of William I. The air of 
 this county is pleasant and salubrious ; but the land, be- 
 ing extremely mountainous, is not very fertile, except in 
 the valleys. Some of the Eastern parts, being more level, 
 are extremely fruitful ; especially a pleasant vale, through 
 which the Severn passes, in beautiful meanders. 
 
 NoteV. Page 38. 
 
 Plinlimmon is one of the principal mountains in Wales. 
 It lies partly in Montgomery and partly in Cardiganshire, 
 and constitutes a boundary between the Northern and 
 Southern divisions of the Principality. 
 
 Note W. Page 36. 
 
 Brechin vel BrecMnia — Line 229 — Brecknock or Brecon — 
 Line 328 — is a town and county in South Wales. It is 
 said to have derived its name from Brecan, famous in le- 
 gendary story ; who vsucceeded to it about the commence- 
 ment of the 5th century. Sublimity and beauty are said 
 to be strikingly combined in the general scenery of this 
 county. Its mountains, rising in rugged majesty, are 
 separated from each other by rich and cultivated vales ; 
 whose winding rivers are overhung, on either side, by the 
 rich and variegated foliage of lofty and extensive woods. 
 The principal mountain in this county is Vann, or Breck- 
 nock Beacon, which is reckoned the loftiest in South 
 Wales. 
 
 Note X. Page 36. 
 
 Snowdon is a high mountainous range in Caernarvon- 
 shire, in North Wales, the general elevation of which is 
 from one to three thousand feet. The highest peak, which 
 is 3,700 feet above the level of the sea, is the highest 
 mountain, not only in Wales, but even in England. 
 
94 APPENDIX. 
 
 Note Y. Page 36. 
 
 OJfe fossa.— Line 230. Offa's dyke.— Line 330. 
 Offa was the king of Mercia ; the largest, if not the 
 most powerful kingdom of the Heptarchy ; comprehend- 
 ing all the middle counties of England. He ascended the 
 throne A. D. 755. He was possessed of some great quali- 
 ties, and was successful in many warlike enterprises. 
 But he was an ambitious, perfidious, bigoted prince. — 
 He invited Ethelbert, king of the East Angles, to Hereford, 
 to receive his daughter in marriage ; and treacherously 
 murdered his royal guest, in his own palace ; and then 
 seized upon his kingdom. To wipe off this stain from 
 his character, in the view of the world, or to appease the 
 accusations of his own conscience, he paid great court to 
 the clergy, and practised all the monkish austerities,which 
 were so much esteemed in that ignorant and superstitious 
 age. He gave the tenth of his goods to the church ; made 
 rich donations to the cathedral of Hereford ; and even per- 
 formed a pilgrimage to Rome ; where his great power and 
 riches could not fail of procuring him the papal absolu- 
 tion, even for his deed of blood. The better to ingratiate 
 himself with the sovereign Pontiff, he engaged to send 
 him a yearly donation, for the support of an English col- 
 lege at Rome : and in order to raise the sum, he imposed 
 the tax of a penny on each house possessed of thirty 
 pence a year. This imposition being afterwards levied 
 on all England, was denominated "Peter's fence." — 
 Feigning to be directed by a vision from heaven, he pre- 
 tended to have discovered, at Verulam, the relicks of St. 
 Alban, the martyr ; and he endowed a magnificent mo- 
 nastery in the place. As his kingdom bordered on Wales, 
 in order to defend his subjects from that brave people, he 
 drew out a rampart or ditch, of a hundred miles in length, 
 extending from Bassingwerke, in Flintshire, to the Bris- 
 tol channel. Hence the poet's allusion to "Offa's dyke." 
 
 Note Z. Page 36. 
 Festivo porro. — L. 234. With wreaths of leeks, &c. — L. 337. 
 The leek is St. Taffy's badge, and is annually worn by 
 the Welsh on the 1st day of March, in honour of their pa- 
 tron. This practice is recognised by Shakspeare. 
 
 Thus Fluellen says to the king: " I do believe your majesty takes no 
 scorn to wear the leek on Saint Tavy's day. 1 ' 
 
 And again Gower says to Fluellen, "Nay, that's right: but why wear 
 vou your leek to-day? Saint Davy's day is past," 
 
APPENDIX. 95 
 
 Note AA. Page 54. 
 
 This my heart charm' d, this stupified my senses— 
 On this line of the Ode, the Translator makes the fol- 
 lowing critical remark : 
 
 " Mr. Phillips, in his celebrated translation of this ode, as published in Ad- 
 dison's Spectator, No. 229, (1 humbly conceive,) mistakes the genuine sense 
 of the original, in this place. His translation runs thus ; 
 ' 'Twas this depriv'd my soul of rest, 
 ' And rais'd such tumults in my breast ;* 
 'which seems expressive of an impetuous ruffle, which is a real pain, and in- 
 compatible with the happiness supposed in the first stanza, as well as incon- 
 sistent with the general design of the Ode ; which is, I think, to present, not 
 the violent perturbation, but the ecstatick silence, the soft confusion, the gen- 
 tle, thrilling, trembling, panting, dying, and yet pleasing sensations of love : 
 in a word, to describe, not the tumultuous emotions, but the soft languishments 
 of that tender passion." 
 
 The correctness of these remarks will be duly appre- 
 ciated by any one who is capable of reading this much ad- 
 mired ode in the original ; which, it is believed, fully sus- 
 tains the above criticism. 
 
 Note BB. Page 62. 
 
 The date here referred to, as noted on the original man- 
 uscript (Nov. 7th, 1754) constituted an epoch in the author's 
 life, which appears to have made a deep and lasting im- 
 pression on his mind ; of which, not only the anniversary, 
 but even the monthly recurrence is particularly noticed 
 in his diary for many years. In consequence, either of 
 close confinement to study, or some other cause, our au- 
 thor became subject, for several years, to violent parox- 
 ysms, that indicated, at least in his own opinion, some or- 
 ganick derangement at the seat of life ; and induced the 
 apprehension of a sudden dissolution. The first of these 
 occurred on the above mentioned day, and is thus noticed: 
 
 " How solemn and awful is it to reflect on the occurrences of the last even- 
 ing ! I came home to my lodgings in a thoughtless, secure state, thinking of 
 nothing but the diversions I had just left, when, in a moment, nature seemed 
 oppressed, and just ready to dissolve. The violence of the symptoms appear- 
 ed to indicate that death was at hand. Then, O my soul ! how awful and tre- 
 mendous were thy prospects ! In one minute I expected to have been in eter- 
 nity, and appear before the Judge of heaven and earth. O! the agonizing 
 horrour I then felt! What soul so hardy as not to tremble under the imme- 
 diate expectation of divine wrath .' Then I would have given ten thousand 
 worlds for an interest in the Saviour. Glory be to God, 1 am alive to-day, but 
 the struggles of nature make it doubtful whether it is not my last.'' 
 
 So much seemed necessary to a correct understanding 
 of the allusions in this Ode. It may be satisfactory to the 
 reader to add, that, after several years, the recurrence of 
 these paroxysms entirely ceased ; and the author enjoyed 
 
96 APPENDIX. 
 
 a general state of good health, until he was nearly sixty 
 years of age; when his death occurred in as sudden a 
 manner as he had anticipated, on the memorable night 
 referred to, in the above extract from his diary. 
 
 Note CC. Page 66. 
 More splendid titles did thy name adorn — 
 " Besides sustaining several other considerable offices, 
 
 civil and military, he was, a number of years, a member 
 
 of the Continental Congress." 
 
 NoteDD. Page 71. 
 
 J see my time inglorious glide away, 
 Obscure and useless, ^c. 
 
 " The author here alludes to his want of employment 
 in his profession, while an exile in Connecticut; and his 
 disappointment in not obtaining a commission in the 
 army." 
 
 Entire correctness was aimed at in this publication, 
 but the following errours have escaped correction in the 
 proof, which the reader is requested to adjust with his 
 pen. Notice of any other errours in orthography, quan- 
 tity or other particular, that may be observed, will be 
 gratefully received by the Publishers. The old English 
 orthography has been intentionally preserved. 
 
 ERRATA. 
 
 Page 10, line 6, erase the h in Chambrorum. 
 
 21, 10, erase the 's in the word cat's. 
 
 40, 6, for tealque read telaque. 
 
 42, 4, for Septra read Sceptra. 
 
 51, 3, in the title, for Redita read Reddita. 
 
 53, 2, for occuli read oculi. 
 
 54, 7, for stupefied read stupified. 
 

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