Edward Young

Occasioned by the Death of the Right Hon. Joseph Addison, Esq., 1719. --Tu nunc eris alter ab illo. VIRG.

To the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Parker, Baron of Macclesfield, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, etc. etc. My Lord,

1712. Parnassia laurus Parva sub ingenti matris se subjicit umbra.

Concerning the Authors of the Age. 1730. Whilst you at Twickenham plan the future wood, Or turn the volumes of the wise and good,

All write at London; shall the rage abate Here, where it most should shine, the muses' seat? Where, mortal or immortal, as they please,

On Lord Aubrey Beauclerk(45), in Westminster Abbey, 1740. Whilst Britain boasts her empire o'er the deep, This marble shall compel the brave to weep:

If fond of what is rare, attend! Here lies an honest man, Of perfect piety,

An Epilogue, through custom, is your right, But ne'er perhaps was needful till this night: To-night the virtuous falls, the guilty flies,

Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires. ----Fulgente trahit constrictos gloria curru. Non minus ignotos generosis.

----Tanto major fam' sitis est, quam Virtutis. JUV. SAT. X.

My muse, proceed, and reach thy destin'd end; Though toils and danger the bold task attend. Heroes and gods make other poems fine;

To the Right Honorable Mr. Dodington. Long, Dodington, in debt, I long have sought To ease the burthen of my grateful thought;

To the Right Honourable Sir Spencer Compton. Round some fair tree th' ambitious woodbine grows, And breathes her sweets on the supporting boughs;

On Women. O fairest of creation! last and best Of all God's works! Creature in whom excell'd

Inscribed to the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Germain. Interdum tamen et tollit comoedia vocem. HOR.

To the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole. Carmina tum melius, cum venerit ipse, canemus. VIRG.

Let the sea make a noise, let the floods clap their hands. PSALM XCVIII. Sweet rural scene!

occasioned by His Majesty's Royal Encouragement of the Sea Service. To Which is Prefixed an Ode to the King; and a Discourse on Ode. I think myself obliged to recommend to you a consideration of the greatest importance; and I should look upon it as a great happiness, if, at the beginning of my reign, I could see the foundation laid of so great and necessary a work, as the increase and encouragement of our seamen in general; that they may be invited, rather than compelled by force and violence, to enter into the service of their country, as oft as occasion shall require it: a consideration worthy the representatives of a people great and flourishing in trade and navigation. This leads me to mention to you the case of Greenwich Hospital, that care may be taken, by some addition to that fund, to render comfortable and effectual that charitable provision, for the support and maintenance of our seamen, worn out, and become decrepit by age and infirmities, in the service of their country.

Who Is Said To Have Stabbed a Person That He Might Draw It More    Naturally.(44) Whilst his Redeemer on his canvass dies, Stabb'd at his feet his brother weltering lies:

Inscribed to Joseph Addison, Esq. Secretary to Their Excellencies the Lords Justices. Gaudia curis. HOR.

Inscribed to the Duke of Newcastle. Holles! immortal in far more than fame! Be thou illustrious in far more than power.

In Two Parts. My soul shall be satisfied even as it were with marrow and fatness, when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips. PSALM lxiii. 6.

----Ad coelum ardentia lumina tollens, Lumina; nam teneras arcebant vincula palmas. VIRG.

Hic pietatis honos? sic nos in sceptra reponis! VIRG. Her Guilford clasps her, beautiful in death,

To the Right Hon. Sir Robert Walpole, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Qu'sitam meritis. HOR.

Ipse pater, media nimborum in nocte, corusca Fulmina molitur dextra. Quo maxima motu Terra tremit: fug're fer'! et mortalia corda

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Esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur, affore tempus, Quo mare, quo tellus, correptaque regia c'li Ardeat; et mundi moles operosa laboret.

Verses Occasioned by the Foregoing Epistle. Sopitos suscita ignes. VIRG.

"Ye states! and empires! nor of empires least, Though least in size, hear, Britain! thou whose lot, Whose final lot, is in the balance laid,

On the Tragedy of Cato. What do we see? Is Cato then become A greater name in Britain than in Rome?

Sent by Lord Melcombe to Dr. Young, Not Long Before His Lordship's    Death.(68) Kind companion of my youth, Lov'd for genius, worth, and truth!

By Mr. Doddington, Afterwards Lord Melcombe. --Qu' censet amiculus, ut si C'cus iter monstrare velit