Fervet quaeque rosis; quae fervet amore, poesis;
Hinc color, hinc vobis supped itatur odor.
^Tene putas, ingrate, Chloes augere decorem,
Cum patimur musae turpia probra tuae ?
Huic ut aduleris, cur nos marcescere cogis,
Cur languere jubes, invidiaque mori?
LEPUS ET AMICORUM COPIA.
U N I junge animum, et fidas ibi comprime flammas,
Aut, ut Amans, vanum nomen, Amicus erit :
Jnfans quern multi potcrunt agnoscere Patres,
Haud unquam Patris novit amore frui,
3 R
490 SELECT FABLES.
'Tis thus in friendship ; who depend
On mani/, rarely Jind a friend.
A Hare^ who in a civil way.
Complied with evry things like Gay,
IVas known by all the bestial train
If ho haunt the wood^ or graze the plain :
Her care was never to offend,
And evry creature was her friend.
As forth she went at early dawn,
To taste the dew -besprinkled lawn ;
Behind she hears the hunter s cries,
And from the deep mouth' d thunder flies :
She starts, she stops, she pants for breath;
She hears the near advance of death;
She doubles to mislead the hound,
And measures back her mazy round;
Till, fainting in the public way^
Half dead with fear she gasping lay.
What transport in her bosom grew.
When first the horse appear d in view !
Let me, says she, your back ascend,
And owe my safety to a friend :
FABULiE SELECTiE. 491
Sic in amicitia; multis qui fidit, amici
Officium raro qui bene praestet, habet.
Quod potuit, studio Lepus obsequiosus in omni
Omnibus, ut Vates^ lector amice, luus^
Notus erat cunctis quaecunque animal ia sylvas
Lustrant, aut campi pabula dente legunt:
Cura placere fuit, nee quenquam offendere, et omnis
Bestia sinceram vovit arnica fidem.
Ille, ubi prima riovos Aurora efFuderat imbres,
Dum, prata ut libet roscida, carpit iter;
Audit venantum ceu dira tonitma voces,
Et fremitus equitum quadrupedumque fugit :
Fertque, refertque gradum, suspirat, et admovet aurem,
Et trepidat lethi jam propiore sono ;
Nunc cursus, si forte canes eludat, eosdem
Duplicat, et gyros itque reditque pares ;
Donee anhela metu confectus corpora, languet
Debilis in media semianimisque via.
Spes quam grata subit, quae raptant gaudia pectus
Cum faciem noti jam prope cernit equi I
Fas sit, ait, vel Amice, tuum, conscendere dorsum,
Sitque salus fidei debita nostra tuae ;
49a SELECT FABLES.
Tou know my feet betrcuj niij flight;
To friendship evry burdens light.
The Horse replied, poor honest FusSy.
It grieves my heart to see thee thus ;
Be eonforted^ relief is near :
For all your friends are in the rear.
She next the stately Bull implord;
And thus replied the mighty lord :
Since ev*ry beast alive can tell
That /sincerely wish you well,
I may, without offence, pretend
To take the freedom of a friend:
Love calls me hence ; afavritt cow
Expects me near yon barley-mow ;
And when a ladys in the case.
You know, all other things give place:
To leave you thus might seem unkind :
But see, the Goat is just behind.
The Goat remarked her pulse was high.
Her languid head, her heavy eye :
My back, says he, may do you harm ;
The sheep's at hand, and wool is warm..
FABULiE SELECTiE. 493
Cernis ut haec infida fugam vestigia produnt,
Sarcina aniicitiae est quaeque ferenda levis.
Me piget, inquit Equus, te cernere dura ferentem
Te, sine fraude caput, te mihi care Lepus :
At tibi sume aniinos, certam prope cerne salutem ;
Omnis amicorum copia pone subest.
Mox Taurum implorat queribunda voce superbum ,
Et sic armenti rex venerandus ait :
Quandoquidem quaecunque habitant animalia terras,
Norint quam fida te pietate colo,
Libertate utar, qua tractat amicus amicum,
Sintque sine invidia quae sine fraude loquor :
Me gravis hinc amor urget, ad istum farris acervuift
Me vult, deliciae, pulchra Juvenca, meae :
Et scis, foemineas cum res agitemus oportet,
Fas est caetera dent, qualiacunque, locum :
Asperior videar, ci^im linquere cogor amicum,
At viden ! a tergo non procul Hircus abest.
Hircus ut impulsas rapido notat impete venas,^
Torpentesque oculos cernit, inersque caput,
Hirsutum hoc noceat tergum tibi forsitan, inquit„
Te tepidum foveat vellus, et astat Ovi&,
494 SELECT FABLES.
The sheep was feeble^ and complain d
His sides a load of wool sustain d :
Said he was slow, confessed his fears ;
For hounds eat sheep, as well as hares.
She now the trotting Calf address' d^
To save from death a friend distressed:
Shall /, says he, of tender age^
In this important care engage ?
Older and abler pass* d you by ;
How strong are those ! how weak am I!
Should I presume to hear you hence ^
Those friends of mine may take offence:
Excuse me then^ You know my hearty
But dearest friends , alas! must part;
How shall we all lament ! Adieu :
For see the hounds are just in view*
FABULiE SELECTiE. 495
Imbellem se dicit Ovis, queriturque gravatam
Jam nimis, et lanae pondera ferre latus :
Lenta etiam incusat crura, agnoscitque tinaores ;
Namque ovis, ut lepus est, sit quoque praeda caniim.
Tandem infelici mortem ut defendat amico,
Cursanti Vitulo fervida vota facit :
At Vitulus, teneris cum sim sine viribus annis,
Hoc mihi suscipiam tam grave pondus, ait ?
Te modo praeteriit maj usque et fortius agmen ;
• Vis qaam magna illis, quam mihi parva datur !
Quisque, nee immerito, mihi succenseret amicus,
Hinc te si proprio tollere marte velim :
Da veniam ; te totus amo ; sed acerba suorum
Funera, cuique dabunt debita fata pati ;
Heu, quam flendus eris ! longum aetemiimque valeto
Care lepus : videas hiic properare canes.
AD
EDVARDUM JENNER, M. D.
CARMEN ALGAICUM.
JS
AD
EDVARDUM JENNER, M. p.
CARMEN ALCAICUM.
O ! QUI secundo natus Apolline
Incumbis arti Paeoniae, efficax
Non ante vulgatos per usus
Lethiferam prohibere pestem,
Jennere, laudes an sileam tuas?
Dum mente sanus, nee cythara carens,
Turpive succumbens senectae
Rura vagor per amoena Cheltae ?
Hie saepe mecum dum meditor gemens
Inter meorum funera, quels diii
Vixi superstes, quot veneno
Foeta gravi, maculisque tetris
Primis in aevi viribus abstulit
Infesta febris, lingua valet parum
Narrare, quid debes supremo
Quanta Deo tibi danda laus est,
[ 500 ]
Furore quod non ante domablli
Tot dira Pestis quae peperit mala^
In gentis humanae levamen,
Te medico superata cessit ;
Quippc arte mira quae tibi contigit^
Puris benigni guttula, ab ubere
Inserta vaccino lacertis,
Corporeos penetrat meatus,
Brevique facta in vulnere pustula,
Propulsat Hostem, nee sinit amplitis
Inferre morborum cohortes
Innumeras, comitemque mortem ;
O I quas rependet Patria gratias !
Quae te Senatus cura Britannici
Mercede compensabit aequa I
Annua quae tibi dona reddet ?
Nam te Machaon hospes adit frequcnsy
Te pauper aeque, te locuples petit
Colonus, immunique gaudent
Consilium el icuisse palma:
[501 ]
Te mater ambit filiolo cavens
Ut tuto ab atra corpore sit lue,
Iniiupta te virgo decentes
Sint memori sine labe malae :
Utcunque nostris laudibus invidens
Gens quaeque grates dat tibi debitas ;
Te Gallus extollit, tuamque
Obsequiosus adorat artem :
At dulcis, heu ! quid filioli salus,
Quid vota Matris, Virginis aut Decor,
Aut fama prodest, quid parumper
Quod volucres tua cura fati
Tardavit alas, si sibi gloriam
Fuso irmocentum sanguine comparans
Hue ducat infames triumphos,
Gallicus hlc dominetur Hostis ?
Et jam, coactis undique copiis
Naves adornans, oppositos parat
Transire fluctus, Anglicisque
Exitium minitatur oris :
[ 502 ]
Demens ! inani qui petit impetu
Sceptro potiri, quod populi fides,
Honorque, et Augusti paternus
In Britonas animus tuetur!
Quin cinctus omni milite barbaro
Se credat undis, quale aquilonibus
Martique nostro, quale debent
Ludibrium pelago carinae ?
Audire toto jam videor freto
Tormenta longe dira tonantia,
Raucumque bomborum fragorem,
Oceanique cruore rubri
Videre Gallos fluctibus obrutos,
Missosque in ipsis criminibus duces
Fratres salutatum, daturas
Tartareis nova jura regnis :
Invita cerno bella gerentium
Erecta dudum corpora Ibericum
Prostrata, collectosque corvos
Pingue super Batavi cadaver ;
[ 503 ]
Cerno canoros, semivirum genus,
Natare fractis viribus Italos,
Nulloque Delphino juvante,
Funereos recitare cantus
At non vel ipsis gaudeat hostibus
Has ominari musa tragoedias,
Quas ira praeceps, Gonsulisque
Ambitio malesuada movit,
Nee longiori carmine te morer,
Mentemque curis utilioribus
Jennere, seducam, — valeto. —
Teque, tuosque, precor, labores
Deus benigno numine prosperet ;
Et dum perennis gloria Laureae
Insignit Heroas Britannos,
Civica te decoret cordna.
FINI6.
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Cleveland Row Su James's.
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