Or, when he can no longer stand, That he might fit and reft a while. YET Hercules was not fo ftrong, Nor could have born it half fo long. GREAT State men are in this Condition; And Atlas is a Politician; A premier Minifter of State; Alcides one of fecond Rate.. Suppofe then Atlas ne'er fo wife, Yet when the Weight of Kingdoms lies Sink down he muft, or find Upholders. VOL. IL E EPI EPIGRA M. A Written in the YEAR 1712. S Thomas was cudgel'd one Day by his Wife, He took to the Street, and fled for his Life: Tom's three dearest Friends came by in the Squabble, And fav'd him at once from the Shrew and the Rabble; Then ventur'd to give him fome fober Advice- Too wife to take Council, too proud to take That he fent to all three a Challenge next Morn ing: Three Duels he fought, thrice ventur'd his Life; Went home, and was cudgel'd again by his Wife. CORIN CORINNA T Written in the YEAR 1712. HIS Day, (the Year I dare not tell,) Into the World Corinna fell, And he endow'd her with his Art. But Cupid with a Satyr comes; Both foftly to the Cradle creep : Both ftroke her Hands, and rub her Gums, While the poor Child lay fast asleep. Then Cupid thus: This little Maid Of Love shall always speak and write; And I pronounce (the Satyr said) The World fhall feel her fcratch and bite. Her Talent she display'd betimes ; For in twice twelve revolving Moons, She seem'd to laugh and squal in Rhimes, And all her Gestures were Lampoons. E 2 At fix Years old, the fubtle Jade Stole to the Pantry-Door, and found The Butler with my Lady's Maid; And you may fwear the Tale went round. She made a Song, how little Mifs At twelve a Poet, and Coquette; Marries for Love, half Whore, half Wife, Cuckolds, elopes, and runs in Debt; Turns Auth'refs, and is Curll's for Life. CADENUS (53) CADENUS and VANESSA. Written at Windsor, Anno 1713. HE Shepherds and the Nymphs were Pleading before the Cyprian Queen, Accufing that falfe Creature, Man? The Brief with weighty Crimes was charg'd, That Cupid now has loft his Art, Now |