There, injur'd, fhe laments her cruel Doom,
And the loft Honours of her Virgin Bloom.
Mean Time what beauteous Progeny could rife
From fo deform'd a Caufe, and foul Difguife?
Fancy improves the Object of the Sight,

And takes more ftrong Impreffions from a fright.
Now were her thrice three tedious Months expir'd,
And Nature, to difcharge the full-grown Babe,defir'd :
When an unhear'd of Prodigy befel;

(How my Heart fhudders, and recoils to tell!)
Lo! from her Womb a horrid Form appears,
With human Face erect, and fhaggy Hairs,
With horny Hoofs and Saddle-back, the Half-Beaft

(Infant feares,

The prefent Sorrows, this prodigious Boy
Shall largely recompence with future Joy.
When at the full Maturity of Age,

His prudent Hand fhall write Life's manly Page;
Then fhall his vaft, furprizing Genius fhine,
All Eyes amazing, as his Birth does Thine,
He fhall the Level of Mankind difdain,
And speak and think above a human Strain.
His fearching Mind fhall Nature's Wealth explore,
Her inmoft Rooms, and undiscover'd Store.
Of Earth and Ocean fhall the Secrets know,
Of Plants and Herbs, and for what Ufe they grow,
Of Metals, Gems, and all the living World below.
Nor thus contented with a narrow Flight, (Sight,
From the fcorn'd Globe hall foar, and leff'ning to the
Shall Heav'n's bright Volumes read, and fan each
(Starry Light.

Nor fhall his hairy Hide, and Shape fo foul,
Difgrace his lofty and fagacious Soul.
Thetis, the Seed of Nereus, thall prepare
Her own Achilles for thy Off-fpring's Care.
His Skill the youthful Hero fhall inspire

To rule the fiery Steed, and touch the tuneful Lyre.

His Martial Pupil fhall his Youth employ
In Arms, and, when betray'd to War, deftroy
Dardania's Towers, and Priam's lofty Troy.
Then when thy Chiron's mortal Half fhall die,
His Soul fhall mount aloft, and Sparkle in the

CLIFF.

Sky.

(Rowe's Call.

Behold a Cliff, whofe high and bending Head Looks dreadful down upon the roaring Deep: How fearful!

And dizzy 'tis to caft one's Eyes fo low!

The Crows and Choughs that wing the mid-way Air
Shew fcarce fo grofs as Beetles: half-way down
Hangs one that gathers Samphire dreadful Trade?
The Fishermen that walk upon the Beach,
Appear like Mice; and yon tall anch'ring Bark
Seems leffen'd to her Cock, her Cock a Buoy,
Almoft too fmall for Sight. The murm'ring Surge
Cannot be heard fo high.
Shak. K. Lear

CLOUD S.

Like as a gloomy Cloud, the which doth beare
An hedious Storme, is by the Northerne blaft
Quite over-blowne, yet doth not pafs fo cleare,

But that it all the Sky doth over-caft

With Darkness drad, and threatens all the World to

(waste, Spen.

Not one kind Star was kindled in the Sky,
Nor could the Moon her borrow'd Light fupply:
For mifty Clouds involv'd the Firmament,
The Stars were muffled, and the Moon was pent.

COCK.

[Pryd. Virg.

Within this Homestead liv'd, without a Peer For crowing loud, the noble Chanticleer,

So

a

So hight the Cock, whose Singing did surpass
The merry Notes of Organs at the Mass.
More certain was the Crowing of this Cock
To number Hours, than is an Abbey-Clock.
And sooner than the Mattin-Bell was rung,
He clap'd his Wings upon his Rooft, and fung:
High was his Comb, and Coral-red withal,
In Dents imbattellid, like a Castle-wall;
His Bill was Raven-black, and shone like Jet ;
Blue were his Legs, and orient were his Feet ;
White were his Nails, like Silver to behold,
His Body glitt'ring like the burnih'd Gold.

[Dryd. Cock the Fox.,
CONCEPTION.
Now the sure Tokens of Conception heed :
A thrilling Joy attends th’ejected Seed;
Th' impetuous Sally of a pleafing Pain
Invades the Nerves, and stretches ev'ry Vein.,
The Months retain'd, the Womb begins to close,
And from the swelling Breasts a Milky Fountain flows,

Rowe's Call. CON CORD. But lovely Concord, and most facred Peace, Doth nourish Virtue, and fast Friendship breedes;

Weake, The makes strong, and strong Things does 'Till it the 'Pitch of highest Praise exceeds. (increase.

Brave be her Warres, as honourable Deedes, By which die tryumphs over Ire and Pride, And winnes án Olive girlond for her meeds. Spen.

CONSCIENCE. Severe Decrees may keep our Tongues in awe, But to our Thoughts what Edict can give Law ? Ev’n you your self to your own Breast shall tell Your Crimes, and your own Conscience be your Hell,

Repelld by those, more eager she will grow, Spring back more strongly like a Scythian Bow :

Amidst

e on,

Amidst your Train this unseen Judge will wait,
Examine how you came by all your State:
Upbraid your impious Pomp, and in your Ear,
Will hollow Rebel, Traitor, Murtherer.
Your ill-got Pow'r wan Looks and Care shall bring,
Known but by. Discontent to be a King :
Of Crowds afraid, yet anxious when alone,
You'll fit, and brood your Sorrows on a Throne.

[Dryd. Auren. CONSPIRACY.

O Conspiracy! Sham'st thou to shew thy dang rous Brow by Night, I When Evils are most free ?. O then by Bay Where wilt thou find a Cavern dark enough To mask thy monstrous Visage : Seek for none : Hide it in Smiles and Affability: vi? For if thou put thy native Semblauce 건

...13 Not Erebus it self were dim enough To hide thee from Prevention,

Shak. Jul. Cel CONSTANC YOX:"2,122 There's no such Thing as Constancy we call ; but Faith ties no Heart; 'tis Inclination all : Some Wit deform'd, or Beauty much decay'd, First Conftancy in Love a Virtue made :

1.' From Friendship they that Land-mark did remove or And falsely plac'd it on the Bounds of Love.

[Dryd. Cong. of Gran. CONTEMPLATION.'1 CA There they doe find that godly aged Sire, on?! With snowy Locks adown his Shoulders shed, Will

As hoarie Frost with Spangles doth attire
The mosly Branches of an Oak half dead.
Each Bone might through his Body well be read,

And every Sinew seen through his long Faft: A Por hought he car'd, his Carcalle long.unfed ; 1

His Mind was full of spiritual repart,
And pyn'd his Flesh, to keep, lis Body love and

fchafte. Spen.

CON.

CONTENT.

Content is Wealth, the Riches of the Mind;
And happy he who can that Treafure find:
But the bafe Mifer starves amidst his Store,
Broods on his Gold, and griping ftill at more,
Sits fadly pining, and believes he's poor.

[Dryd. Wife of Bath's Tale.

CONVERSATION.

But laftly, let your Converfation turn
On what is good, and from the Wifeft learn.
If human Nature you defire to know,

And from what fecret Springs the Paffions flow :
When they are chose and cull'd, for noble Ends,
Some bright Companions, and well-natur'd Friends,
Knowledge and Virtue on a worthy Mind,
Steal filently, and propagate their Kind.

COOK.

As when fome skilful Cook, to please each Gueft,
Would in one Mixture comprehend a Feaft,
With due Proportion, and judicious Care,
He fills his Difh with diff'rent Sorts of Fare,
Fishes and Fowl deliciously unite,

To feaft at once the Tafte, the Smell, and Sight.

CORN,

(Pope's Mifett.

As when a fudden Storm of Hail and Rain, Beats to the Ground the yet unbearded Grain; Think not the Hopes of Harvest are destroy'd, On the flat Field, and on the naked Void: The light unloaded Stem, from Tempeft freed, Will raife the youthful Honours of his Head, And, foon reftor'd by native Vigour, bear The timely Product of the bounteous Year. Dryd, Virg. As when a Field

Of Ceres, ripe for Harveft, waving bends

Her bearded Grove of Ears, which way the Wind

Sways