Millions of Graves cover the fpacious Field,
And Springs of Blood a thousand Rivers yield,
Whofe Streams, opprefs'd with Carcaffes and Bones,
Inftead of gentle Murmurs, pour forth Groans.
Within this Vale a famous Temple stands,
Old as the World it felf, which it commands:
Round is its Figure, and four Iron Gates
Divide Mankind. By order of the Fates,

There come in Crouds, doom'd to one common Grave,
The Young, the Old, the Monarch, and the Slave.
Old Age and Pains, which Mankind moft deplores,
Are faithful Keepers of thofe facred Doors ;
All clad in mournful Black, which also load
The facred Walls of this obfcure Abode;
And Tapers of a pitchy Substance made,
With Clouds of Smoak, encrease the difmal Shade.
A Monster void of Reafon, and of Sight,

The Goddess is who fways this Realm of Night.
Her Power extends o'er all Things that have Breath,
A cruel Tyrant, and her Name is Death.

DYING.

D. of Buck.

Thrice Dido try'd to raise her drooping Head, And fainting thrice, fell grov'ling on the Bed: Thrice op'd her heavy Eyes, and fought the Light, And having found it, ficken'd at the Sight; And clos'd her Lids at laft in endless Night. The ftruggling Soul was loos'd,and Life diffolv'd in Air. His fnowy Neck reclines upon his Breaft, Like a fair Flow'r by the keen Share opprefs'd : · Like a white Poppy finking on the Plain, Whofe heavy Head is over-charg'd with Rain.

DE CEI T.

(Dryd. Virg.

Then bowing down her aged back, fhe kift The wicked Witch, faying, in that fair Face, Falfe refemblance of Deceit, I wift,

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Did clofely lurk; yet fo true-feeming grace
It carried, that I fcarce in darkfome place
Could it difcerne, tho' I the Mother be
Of Falfhood, and root of Dueffaes race.

welcome Child, whom I have long'd to see, And now have feen unwares. Lo now I go with (thee. Spen.

DEFAMATIO N.

Him in a narrow Place he overtook,

And fierce aflailing, forc't him turn againe :
Sternly he turn'd again, when he him ftrooke
With his sharp Steele, and ran at him amaine
With open Mouth, that feemed to containe

A full good Peck within the utmost brim,
All fet with iron Teeth with ranges twaine,
That terrified his Foes, and armed him,
Appearing like the Mouth of Orcus, grisly grim.

And therein were a thousand Tongues empight, Of fundry kindes, and fundry quality;

Some were of Dogs, that barked day and night, And fome of Cats, that wrawling still did cry : And fome of Bears, that groynd continually;

And fome of Tygers that did feem to gren And fnar at all, that ever passed by :

But most of them were Tongues of mortal Men,
That fpake reproachfully, not caring where nor
(when.
And them amongft were mingled here and there,
The Tongues of Serpents, with three forked Stings,
That fpat out Poifon, and bore bloudy gere
At all that came within his ravenings,
And fpake licentious Words, and hateful Things
Of good and bad alike, of low and hie;

Ne Cefars fpared he a whit, nor Kings,
But either blotted them with Infamy,

Or bit them with his baneful Teeth of Injury. Spen.

DE

DEFORMITY.

Why, Love renounc'd me in my Mother's Womb, And for I fhould not deal in her foft Laws, He did corrupt frail Nature with fome Bribe, To fhrink my Arm thus like a wither'd Shrub, To make an envious Mountain on my back, Where fits Deformity to mock my Body; To fhape my Legs of an unequal Size, To difproportion me in every Part,

Like to a Chaos, or unlick'd Bear's Whelp,

That carries no Impreffion like the Dam. Shak. Hen. 6. Nature herself start back when thou wert born,

And cry'd the Work's not mine.

The Midwife ftood agast; and when she saw
Thy Mountain-Back, and thy difstorted Legs,
Thy Face it felf

Half minted with the royal Stamp of Man,
And half o'ercome with Beaft, the doubted long
Whose Right in thee were more.

And knew not, if to burn thee in the Flames
Were not the holier Work.

DEGENERATE.

Shak.

Time fenfibly all Things impairs,
Our Fathers have been worfe than theirs,
And we than ours; next Age will fee
A Race more profligate, than we,

With all the Pains we take, have Skill enough to be.

DELAY..

On the other fate Delay,

(Rofc. Hor.

Behind the Gate, that none might her espy;
Whoes Manner was all Paffengers to stay,
And entertaine with her Occasions fly;
Through which fome loft great Hope unheedily,
Which never they recover might againe;

And others quite excluded forth, did ly

Long

Long languishing there in unpittied paine,

And seeking often entrance, afterwards in vaine. (Spen.

DELUGE.

Mean while the South-Wind rofe, and with black Wide-hov'ring, all the Clouds together drove (Wings, From under Heav'n: The Hills, to their Supply, Vapour and Exhalation dufk and moist

:

Sent up amain and now the thicken'd Sky,
Like a dark Cieling, stood: Down rush'd the Rain
Impetuous, and continu'd 'til the Earth

No more was feen: The floating Vessel swam
Up-lifted; aud fecure, with beaked Prow,
Rode tilting o'er the Waves: All Dwellings elfe
Flood overwhelm'd, and them, with all their Pomp,
Deep under Water rowl'd: Sea cover'd Sea:
Sea without Shore ! and in their Palaces,
Where Luxury lately reign'd, Sea-Monfters whelp'd,
And ftabled: Of Mankind, fo num'rous late,
All left, in one fmall Bottom fwam imbark'd.

Milt.

Th' expanded Waters gather on the Plain, They float the Fields, and overtop the Grain : Then, rufhing onwards, with a fweepy Sway, Bear Flocks, and Folds, and labʼring Hinds away: Nor fafe their Dwellings were: for, fapp'd by Floods, Their Houses fell upon their Houshold Gods. The folid Piles, too ftrongly built to fall, High o'er their Heads, behold a watry Wall. Now Seas and Earth were in Confufion loft: A World of Waters, and without a Coast. One climbs a Cliff, one in his Boat is borne, And ploughs above, where late he fow'd his Corn. Others o'er Chimney-Tops, and Turrets row, And drop their Anchors on the Meads below: Or downward driven, bruife the tender Vine; Or toft aloft, are knock'd against a Pine. And where of late the Kids had cropt the Grafs, The Monsters of the Deep now take their Place.

Infultin

Infulting Nereids on the Cities ride,

And wond'ring Dolphins o'er the Palace glide :
On Leaves and Mafts of mighty Oaks they browze,
And their broad Fins entangle in the Boughs.
The frighted Wolf now swims among the Sheep,
The yellow Lion wanders in the Deep:
His rapid Force no longer helps the Boar,
The Stag fwims fafter than he ran before:
The Fowls, long beating on their Wings in vain,
Defpair of Land, and drop into the Main.",
Now Hills and Vales no more Distinction know,
And level'd Nature lies opprefs'd below.

DESIRE.

Dryd, Ovid.

And him befide marcht amorous Defire,
who feem'd of riper Years than th' other Swaine;
Yet was that other Swaine the elder Syre,
And gave him being, commcn to them twaine :
His Garment was difguifed very vaine,

And his embriodered Bonet fate awry;

'Twixt both his Hands Aew Sparkes he clofe did ftrain, Which ftill he blew, and kindled bufily,

That foon they Life conceiv'd, and forth in Flames. (did fly. Spen.

DESPAIR.

That darkfome Cave they enter, where they find The curfed Man, low fitting on the Ground, Mufing full fadly in his fullen Mind;

His greafy Locks long growen, and unbound,
Difordred hung about his Shoulders round,

And hid his Face, thro' which his hollow eyn
Lookt deadly dull, and ftared as astound;

His raw-bone Cheeks thro' penury and pine,
Were funk into his Jaws, as he did never dine.

His garment, nought but many ragged clouts, With thornes together pind and patched was,

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