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Nor one that Temperance advance,

Cramm'd to the throat with Ortolans :
Extremely ready to refign

All that may make me none of mine.
South-fea Subscriptions take who please,
Leave me but Liberty and Ease.
'Twas what I faid to Craggs and Child,
Who prais'd my Modefty, and fmil'd.
Give me, I cry'd, (enough for me)
My Bread, and Independency !

So bought an Annual Rent or two.
And liv'd
•juft as you fee I do ;

Near fifty, and without a Wife,
I trust that finking Fund, my Life.
Can I retrench? Yes, mighty well,
Shrink back to my Paternal Cell,
A little Houfe, with Trees a-row,
And like its Master, very low,

There dy'd my Father, no man's Debtor,
And there I'll die, nor worfe nor better,

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Nec fomnum plebis laudo, fatur altilium, nec
Otia divitiis Arabum liberrima muto.
Sæpe verecundum laudâsti; rexque paterque
Audifti coram; nec verbo parcius abfens :
Infpice fi poffum donata reponere lætus.

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Parvum parva decent: mihi jam non regia Roma,
Sed vacuum Tibur placet, aut imbelle Tarentum.

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To fet this matter full before you,
Our old Friend Swift will tell his Story.
"Harley, the Nation's great Support,"
But you may read it, I ftop fhort.

Strenuus & fortis rebus Philippus agendis, &c.

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HORACE.

Imitated in the Manner of Mr. POPE.

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HE Tribe of Templars, Play'rs, Apothecaries,
Pimps, Poets, Wits, Lord Fanny's, Lady Mary's,
And all the Court in tears, and half the Town,
Lament dear charming Oldfield, dead and gone!
Engaging Oldfield! who, with grace and ease,
Could join the Arts, to ruin, and to please.

AMbubajarum collegia, pharmacopolæ,

Mendici, mima, balatrones; hoc genus omne
Maftum ac follicitum eft cantoris morte Tigelli:
Quippe Benignus erat

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