Commands, which judgment gives, she still obeys,. Both to depress her flight, and raise, Thus Mercury from heaven descends, When Jove his dread commands has given : III. But when thy Goddess takes her flight, With fo much majesty, to such a height, As can alone fuffice to prove, That the defcends from mighty Jove :. Gods! how thy thoughts then rife, and foar, and shine! Immortal spirit animates each line; Each with bright flame that fires our fouls is crown'd, Each has magnificence of found, And harmony divine. Thus the first orbs, in their high rounds, And to their own cœleftial founds Majestically dance. On, with eternal fymphony, they roll, Each turn'd in its harmonious course, And each inform'd by the prodigious force CON CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. HE Hind and the Panther, in three Parts. THE Britannia Rediviva, a Poem on the Prince, born on the 10th of June 1688 Mac-Flecnoe 97 109 EPISTLE S. Epiftle I. To Sir Robert Howard II. To Dr. Charleton III. To the Lady Castlemain IV. To Mr. Lee 117 121 123 125 Epiftle XIV. To Sir Godfrey Kneller XV. A familiar Epiftle to Mr. Julian ELEGIES and EPITAPHS. I. To the Memory of Mr. Oldham 151 157 161 169 II. To the pious Memory of Mrs. Anne Killegrew 162 VI. On the Death of a very young Gentleman IX. Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore X. Epitaph on Sir Palmes Fairbones' Tomb 170 189 192 194 ibid. 195 196 197 XII. On the Monument of a fair Maiden Lady ibid. 199 ibid. XV. Epitaph upon the Earl of Rochester's being difmiffed from the Treasury 200 SONGS, ODE S, and a MASQUE. 1. The Fair Stranger II. On the young Statesmen III. A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687 201 202 203 206 I. Prologue spoken the first Day of the King's House II. Prologue fpoken at the Opening of the New III. Epilogue on the fame Occafion IV. Prologue to the University of Oxford, 1674 VI. Epilogue intended to have been spoken by the Lady Hen. Maria Wentworth, when Calista was 220 225 227 228 230 231 233 X. Prologue to Sophonisba, at Oxford, 1680 239 240 XII. Epilogue to a Tragedy called Tamerlane 243 XIV. Pro 242 |