. An essay upon literature: or, An enquiry into the antiquity and original of letters; proving that the two tables, written by the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world, and that all other alphabets derive from the Hebrew ; with a short view of the methods made use of by the antients to supply the want of letters before, and improve the use of them, after they were known . ortal Worthies! born in better Days!I lookd agen, and faw the Laureld TrainOf Bards Triumphant, of a brighter Vein :High in the Dome the i\oman Bard I fpyd,With awful Dryden feated by his
. An essay upon literature: or, An enquiry into the antiquity and original of letters; proving that the two tables, written by the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world, and that all other alphabets derive from the Hebrew ; with a short view of the methods made use of by the antients to supply the want of letters before, and improve the use of them, after they were known . ortal Worthies! born in better Days!I lookd agen, and faw the Laureld TrainOf Bards Triumphant, of a brighter Vein :High in the Dome the i\oman Bard I fpyd,With awful Dryden feated by his and Cowley next advancd to Sight,With Chaucer, breaking thro the Shades of I beheld great Addifon and Prior,And Waller, leaning on his facred Lyre; Phillips SEVERAL OCCASIONS. 149 Phillips came on, but made a fudden Stand,(Long Scrolls of Paper waving in his Hand)When firft he fpyd his Milton thro the Croud,He ftopd with Reverence, and lowly bowd. My Guide was leading me, to fee the NameOf evry future Purchafer of Fame;But now the Birds proclaimd the Morning Ray,And rifing Phccbus chasd the Shades away :Starting from Sleep, I lookd with vaft Surprize,And hardly could believe my waking Eyes ;I gazd around, and viewd the running Stream,And Cursd the fleeting Pleafures of a Dream, Might I but have thefe Vifions eery Night,Id never wifh to fee returning Light. %i UPON IJO POEMS ON. J3g* V^5?» -»*i»»»«gl»>»»j»*»yk #•£• ►#•»»-*•«** UPON AN Ugly FELLOW, Who thought Himfelf HANDSOME, Becaufe the G I R LS gazdUPON HIM So much. p Oor Jacks of late grownThe Talk of the Town, The mereft Self-Dotard- in Fafhion;From a Sloven turns Smart>And thinks from his Heart, Hes the Handfomeft Man in the Nation. I SEVERAL OCCASIONS, iji If a Girl does but placeHer Eyes on his Face, In order her Laughter to move*The Fool feems in Anguifh,Looks afide with a Languifh, And concludes the poor Girl is in Love. Come, Jack! then attend,I fpeak as a Friend, Prithee
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