Shut out the Thames; shall that ignoble thing Nor reft we here, but, at our magic call, Verfe 67. No! let Barbaric glories.] So Milton. "Where the gorgeous caft with richeft hand Showers on her Kings BARBARIC pearl and gold." 5 70 Verfe 72. Monkies fhall climb our trees.] "In their lofty woods, ferpents, and lizards of many beautiful forts crawl upon the ground. Innumerable monkies, cats, and parrots clamber upon the trees." Page 40. "In their lakes are many iflands, fome fmall, fome large, amongst which are often seen stalking along, the elephant, the rhinoceros, the dromedary, oftrich, and the giant-baboon." Page 66. "They keep in their enchanted fcenes, a furprifing variety of monftrous birds, reptiles, and animals, which are tamed by art, and guarded by enormous dogs of Tibet and African giants, in the habit of magicians." Page 43. "Sometimes in this romantic excurfion, the paffenger finds himself in extenfive receffes, furrounded with arbours of jeffamine, vine, and rofes; where beauteous Tartarean damfels, in loofe tranfpa rent robes that flutter in the air, present him with rich wines, &c. and invite him to taste the sweets of retirement, on Perfian carpets, and beds of Camufathkin down." Page 40. Huge dogs of Tibet bark in yonder grove, (With the Queen's leave) her elephant and ass. 75 Where hifs our fnakes, where sport our Tartar maids ; Or, wanting thefe, from Charlotte Hayes we bring Damfels alike adroit to sport and fing. 80 Now to our lawns of dalliance and delight, Join we the groves of horror and affright; This to atchieve no foreign aids we try, Thy gibbets, Baghot! fhall our wants fupply; Hounslow, Verfe 84. Thy gibbets, Bagfhot.] "Their fcenes of terraf are compofed of gloomy woods, &C. CIBBETS, croffes, wheels, and the whole apparatus of torture, are feen from the roads Here too they conceal in cavities, on the fummits of the highest mountains, founderies, lime-kilns, and glafs works, which fend forth large volumes of flame, and continued columns of thick fmoke, that give to thefe mountains the appearance of Vol canoes." P. 37. "Here the paffenger from time to time is fur. prized with repeated fhocks of electrical impulfe; the earth trembles under him by the power of confined air," &c. Now to produce both thefe effects, viz. the appearance of volcanoes and earthquakes, we have here fubftituted the occafional 83 90 Hounslow, whofe heath fublimer terror fills, But fay, ye powers, who come when Fancy calls, Occafional exploGon of a powder-mill, which (if there be not too much fimplicity in the contrivance) it is apprehended will at once anfwer all the purposes of lime-kilus and electrical machines, and imitate thunder and the explofion of cannon into the bargain.. Page 40. Verse 87. Here too, O King of Vengeance, &c.] "In the moft difmal receffes of the woods, are temples dedicated to the King of Vengeance, near which are placed pillars of ftone, with "pathetic defcriptions of tragical events ;" and many acts of cruelty perpetrated there by outlaws and robbers." Page 37: Verfe 88. Tremendous Wilkes.] This was written while Mr. Wilkes was Sheriff of London, and when it was to be feared he would rattle his chain a year longer as Lord Mayor. That Eastern feature, Art muft next produce, Who of three realms fhall condefcend to know 100 105 The muse shall deal awhile in brick and lime; And o'er the Thames fling one stupendous line From Richmond Ferry flant to Brentford Butts. 110 Verfe 98. Where fhall our mimic London, &c.] "There is likewife in the fame garden, viz. Yven-Ming-Yven, near Pekin, a fortified town, with its ports, ftreets, public fquares, temples, markets, fhops, and tribunals of juftice; in fhort, with every thing that is at Pekin, only on a smaller scale. "In this town the Emperors of China, who are too much the flaves of their greatness to appear in public, and their women, who are excluded from it by custom, are frequently diverted with the hurry and bustle of the capital, which is there represented, feveral times in the year, by the eunuchs of the palace." Page 32. Verfe 109. Of marble arches.] See Sir William's enormous ac count of Chinese bridges, too long to be here inferted. Page 53. There There at one glance, the royal eye shall meet Stout T*lb*t there shall ply with hackney chair, 115 Like diftant thunder now the coach of ftate Rolls o'er the bridge, that groans beneath its weight. The court hath croft the stream; the sports begin; Now N**1 preaches of rebellion's fin: 120 And as the powers of his ftrong pathos rise, See Jemmy Twitcher shambles; stop! stop thief! 125 Verfe 115. Stout T**t, &c.] "Some of these eunuchs perfonate porters." Page 32. Verse 116. And Patriot Betty.] "Fruits, and all forts of refreshments are cried about the streets in this mock city." Page 33. Verfe 122. Lo, brazen tears, &c.] Drew IRON tears down Pluto's cheek. Milton. Verfe 125. See Jemmy Twitcher fhambles.] "Neither are thieves, pickpockets, and tharpers forgot in these festivals; that noble profeffion is ufually allotted to a great number of the moft dexterous eunuchs." Ibid. |