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Tell him , though bright the smile of kings may seem , There shines a jewel of a brighter beam , i ^ g Above that smile , all human wealth above ; 'Tis worn by Keppel {¦) in his country ' s love . Shall Lowth adapt no more his Attic style
To the meridian of nay favourite isle ? But feebly speak , in France ' s languid tone , 165 Faint as beneath Oppression's burning zone ? Or , blazing only witn a bigot's fire , Awake the slumbering flames of regal ire ; Stretch the state-theorist on Priesthood ' s rack .
And from the pulpit * aim the personal attack ? ] 70 Far other precepts suit the hallowed sage , Who aims to purify this venal age : With juster wrath our mitred Lords declaim ( ) On roan ' s adulterous guilt , and woman ' s shame ; Yes ! lovely woman ! Fashion ' s wayward spleen 175 Has idly plunged , like Egypt ' s giddy queen ,
Thy purity , that pearl of richest price , In the deep chalice of dissolving Vice . Though thy unblushing frailties scorn excuse , Let Pity still her palliatives produce ! 180 Confirmed by ages , let this truth be known , _ f Thy Honour ' s guardian first forgets his own . While man holds Freedom as the noblest wealth ,
Pride of his heart , and of his days the health , With native charms his fair companion ' s graced , 185 If plain , yet lovely ; and if simple , chaste ; Endearing age succeeds to rapturous youth , Her life is virtue , and her love is truth .
But , when her guard , in Luxury ' s venal hour , Yields his chaste soul a prostitute to Power , 190 Heaven , in just vengeance on the abject slave , Corrupts the purest gift its bounty gave ; The tree of Comfort bears the thorn of Strife ,
And poisoned marriage grows the pest of life ; Ills after ills in dire succession flow , 195 And private misery mounts to public woe . O Lowth ! whose voice by purest Learning taught To speak the language of exalted thought , May best encounter Vice ' s murky crew , And Faith and Virtue ' s fainting powers renew , 200 Still by sage efforts of a soul sublime , Correct the rank abuses of the time !
Remembering still , with Wisdom's just regard , $ Thy favourite maxim of the Attic t > ard :
* See the late Sermon by the Bishop of London , and his note on Dr . Price . -f- This is particularly proved by 4 lie celebrated chastity of the Roman ladies in the early days of the republic , a « d yet more by that of our Gothic ancestors in the purest ages of chivalry . See Stuart ' s admirable View of Society in Europe (*)
\ E / c v&paXv }*; it&srai % iovq <; fA * vo ; * vfik ypLKoChi ^ y Avdpwv $ * < &c HtyaXoov weX *? oiKhvrou . Ex Solonis Elegiis ( aa ) .
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625 ? Hayley ' s Elegy on the Ancient Greek ModeU
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1829, page 622, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2576/page/22/
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