SOME ADDITIONAL STANZA ́S то ASTOLFO'S VOYAGE TO THE MOON, IN ARIOS TO.. I.. WHEN now Aftolfo, ftor'd within a vase, Orlando's wits had safely brought away; He turn'd his eyes towards another place, II. Of fineft crystal were those bottles made, Yet what was there inclos'd he could not fee: A wondrous thing it is," the Saint replied, "An airy effence, not to be defcried, "Subtle and thin, that MAIDENHEAD is hight.. IV.. "From earth each day in troops they hither come, "And fill each hole and corner of the Moon; "For they are never easy while at home, "Nor ever owner thought them gone too foon. V. "When V.. "When here arriv'd, they are in bottles pent,. VI.. "Those that to young and wanton girls belong Leap, bounce, and fly, as if they'd burft the "glass: "But those that have below been kept too long "Are fpiritlefs, and quite decay'd, alas!” VII. So fpake the Saint, and wonder seiz'd the Knight,, For various fecrets there were brought to light; VIII. Virginities, that close confin'd he thought In t' other world, he found above the sky; His fifter's and his coufin's there were brought, Which made him fwear, though good St. John was by. IX. But much his wrath increas'd, when he espied" That which was Chloe's once, his mistress dear: "Ah, falfe and treacherous fugitive!" he cried, "Little I deem'd that I fhould meet thee here. X. "Did not thy owner, when we parted lait, “Promise to keep thee safe for me alone? "Scarce of our absence three short months are paft, "And thou already from thy poft art flown. XI. "Be not enrag'd, replied th' Apostle kind. "Since that this maidenhead is thine by right, "Take it away; and, when thou haft a mind, XII. "Thanks, Holy Father!" quoth the joyous Knight, "The Moon fhall be no lofer by your grace : "Let me but have the ufe on 't for a night, TOA I YOUNG LADY. WITH THE TRAGEDY OF VENICE PRESERVED. N tender Otway's moving scenes we find What power the gods have to your fex affign'd: Venice was loft, if on the brink of fate A woman had not propt her finking state: In the dark danger of that dreadful hour, But, But, fav'd by Belvidera's charming tears, In wretched Jaffier, we with pity view *«Hence may we learn, what paffion fain would "hide, "That Hymen's bands by prudence fhould be tied. “Venus in vain the wedded pair would crown, "If angry Fortune on their union frown: "Soon will the flattering dreams of joys be o'er, "And cloy'd imagination cheat no more; "Then, waking to the fenfe of lasting pain, "With mutual tears the bridal couch they stain ; And The twelve following lines, with fome small variations, have been already printed in "Advice to a Lady," p. 39; but, as Lord Lyttelton chofe to introduce them here, it was thought more eligible to repeat these few lines, than to fupprefs the rest of the poem. N. "And that fond love, which should afford relief, TELL ELL me, my heart, fond flave of hopeless love, Canft thou endure thus calmly to erafe The dear, dear image of thy Delia's face? ✪ lesson, nought could teach me but despair! |