Thus as she rav'd, her womb with rueful throes Did to the light a lusty babe disclose: Long while she doubted of the smirking boy, Or on her knee to dandle, or destroy; Love prompted her to save, and Pride to drown, At length Pride conquer'd, and she dropt her son. FOOTNOTES: [17] The Rev. Dr. WILKES wrote a poem upon them. [18] _Nec tibi diva parens, generis nec Dardanus auctor, Perfide, sed duris genuit te cautibus horrens Caucasus, Hyrcanæque admorunt ubera tigres._ [19] _I, sequere Italiam ventis, &c. Spero equidem mediis, siquid pia numina, &c._ [20] _Omnibus umbra locis adero, dabis, improbe, poenas._ Æn. 4. [21] _----Semperque relinqui Sola sibi, semper longam_ incomitata _videtur Ire viam, & Tyrios desertâ quærere terrâ, Eumenidum veluti demens videt agmina Pentheus, &c._ Æn. 4. ON A LADY'S PRESENTING A SPRIG OF MYRTLE TO A GENTLEMAN. BY MR. HAMMOND. What fears, what terrors does thy gift create! Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate! The myrtle, ensign of supreme command, (Consign'd by VENUS to MELISSA'S hand) Not less capricious than a reigning fair, Oft favours, oft rejects the lover's care. In myrtle groves oft sings the happy swain, In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain; The myrtle crowns the happy lovers heads, Th' unhappy lovers graves the myrtle spreads; Oh! then the meaning of thy gift impart, And cure the throbbings of an anxious heart; Soon must this bough, as you shall fix his doom, Adorn PHILANDER'S head, or grace his tomb. TO A YOUNG LADY WITH FONTENELLE'S PLURALITY OF WORLDS.