Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth, With a Catalogue of His WorksNichols, John
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Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth, With a Catalogue of His Works
Nichols, John
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Again more amply in his Elegiac Epistle, "Ad _Henricum_:"
Nympha _Coventini_ quæ gloria sulferat Horti,
Cui vix vidisset _Druria_ vestra parem,
Exul, inops, liquit proprios miseranda Penates,
Fortunæ extremas sustinuitque vices,
Nunc trahit infaustam tenebroso in carcere vitam,
Et levat insolito mollia membra toro.
_Carlesis_, ah! quantum, quantum mutaris ab illâ,
_Carlese_, quæ _Veneris_ maxima cura fuit!
Æde tua risêre olim Charitesque Jocique,
Hic fuerant _Paphiæ_ currus & arma Deæ;
Arsèrunt Cives, arsit _Judæus Apella_,
Et te Bellorum deperiêre chori.
Jam sordes, pallensque genas, & flaccida mammas,
Non oculi, quondam qui micuere, micant.
Heu! ubi formosæ referentes lilia malæ!
Labra ubi purpureis quæ rubuére rosis!
Te puer _Idalius_, te fastiditque juventus
Tam marcescentem, dissimilemque tui.
Siccine tam fidam curas _Erycina_ ministram?
Hæccine militiæ praemia digna tuæ?
O _Venus!_ ô nimium, nimiumque oblita tuarum!
_Carlesis_ an meruit sortis acerba pati?
Quæ posthàc arisve tuis imponet honorem,
Ardebit posthàc vel tua castra sequi?
Omnigenas æquo circumspice lumine mœchas
Quas tua pellicibus _Druria_ dives alit,
Quæ cellas habitant, vicos peditesve peragrant,
Aut quæ _Wappinios_ incoluêre lares;
Invenienda fuit nusquam lascivior, artus
Mobilior, sacris vel magis apta tuis.
_Carlesis_ ah nostris & flenda & fleta Camœnis!
Accedat vestris nulla medela malis?
Te vereor miseram fortuna tenaciter anget,
Nec veniet rebus mollior aura tuis.
Again in his Ode, "Ad _Carolum B......._"
-----------------relinquent
_Carlesis_ quondam miseræ Penates
_Douglasa & Johnson_, duo pervicacis
Fulmina linguæ.
Again in a "Copy of Verses on _Betty Close's_ coming to Town, &c."
_Roberts_ will curse all whores--
From worn-out _Careless_ to fair _Kitty Walker_.
Again in an Ode intituled "Meretrices _Britannicæ_."
Alma scortorum _Druriæque_ custos
Orta _Neptuno!_ tibi cura pulchræ;
_Carlesis_ satis data, tu secundà
_Carlesis_ regnes.
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