To Mr C.,[1] St James's Place.

"TRANSLATED IN THE YEAR 1703.     ARGUMENT.     Oedipus, King of Thebes, having, by mistake, slain his father Laius, and married his mother Joc"

"Did Milton's prose, O Charles! thy death defend?     A furious foe unconscious proves a friend.     On Milton's verse did Bentley comment? Know,"

"Grown old in rhyme, 'twere barbarous to discard     Your persevering, unexhausted bard;     Damnation follows death in other men,     But your"

"Of manners gentle, of affections mild;     In wit, a man; simplicity, a child:     With native humour tempering virtuous rage,     Form'd to de"

"(In Four Books.) With eager search to dart the soul, Curiously vain, from pole to pole, And from the planets' wandering spheres To extort the number o"

"POETS, like lawful monarchs, ruled the stage, Till critics, like damn'd Whigs, debauch'd our age. Mark how they jump: critics would regulate Our theat"