And she doth know, out of the shade of death, What 'tis to enjoy an everlasting breath! To have her captived spirit freed from flesh, And on her innocence, a garment fresh And white as that put on and in her hand With boughs of palm, a crowned victrice stand! And will you, worthy son, sir, knowing this, Put black and mourning on? and say you miss A wife, a friend, a lady, or a love; In heaven's empire, and with a robe of light? Thither you hope to come; and there to find That pure, that precious, and exalted mind dear When she departed? you will meet her there, Much more desired, and dearer than before, By all the wealth of blessings, and the store Accumulated on her, by the Lord Of life and light, the Son of God, the Word! There all the happy souls that ever were Shall meet with gladness in one theatre; And each shall know there one another's face, By beatific virtue of the place. talk; But all of God; they still shall have to say, But make him All in All, their Theme, that day; That happy day that never shall see night! 1 Whom her Redeemer, &c.] The Apotheosis abounds in scriptural allusions, which I have left to the reader; as well as the numerous pas In his humanity! to hear him preach The safety of our souls and forfeit breath! Adopt us heirs by grace, who were of those Himself so un-informed of his elect, The smallest fibre of our flesh; he can Each line, as it were graphic, in the face. And to that form lent two such veins of blood, As nature could not more increase the flood Of title in her! all nobility But pride, that schism of incivility, She was in one a many parts of life; sages which Milton has adopted from it, and which his editors have as usual overlooked, while running after Dante and Thomas Aquinas. Of piety and private holiness. For her devotions, and those sad essays Her broken sighs did never miss whole sense; Nor can the bruised heart want eloquence: seat. She In frequent speaking by the pious psalms By sure election and predestined grace! All this by faith she saw, and framed a plea, In manner of a daily apostrophe, To him should be her judge, true God, true Man, Jesus, the only-gotten Christ! who can, Hath given wholly to the Son (the rather As being the son of man) to shew his power, His wisdom, and his justice, in that hour, The last of hours, and shutter up of all; Where first his power will appear, by call Of all are dead to life; his wisdom show In the discerning of each conscience so; And most his justice, in the fitting parts, And giving dues to all mankind's deserts! In this sweet extasy she was rapt hence. Who reads, will pardon my intelligence, That thus have ventured these true strains upon, To publish her a saint. MY MUSE IS GONE! In pietatis memoriam quam præstas Venetiæ tuæ illustrissim. Hanc 'АПо@QEIN, tibi, tuisque sacro. THE TENTH, BEING HER INSCRIPTION, OR CROWN, IS LOST. Leges Convivales. LEGES CONVIVALES.] Nothing can be more pure and elegant than the latinity of these "Laws." In drawing them up, Jonson seems to have had the rules of the Roman entertainments in view; as collected with great industry by Lipsius. The As Whalley printed the old translation of these Rules, I have retained it. poetry, however, has little merit, and the original is not always correctly rendered; but there is no better: a version somewhat anterior to this appeared in a volume of Songs and other Poems, by Alex. Brome, London 1661. VENITO. DELECTU POTIUS SUMPTU PARANTOR. QUAM 2 IDIOTA, INSULSUS, TRISTIS, TURPIS, 7 OBSONATOR ET COQUUS CONVIVARUM ABESTO. RULES FOR THE TAVERN OR, LAWS FOR THE BEAUX ESPRITS. I. 1 As the fund of our pleasure, let each pay his shot, Except some chance friend, whom a member brings in. 2 Far hence be the sad, the lewd fop, and the sot; For such have the plagues of good company been. GULÆ PERITI SUNTO. Apollo of the Old Devil Tavern.] The modern 1766.-Andrews parted with it to Mess. Child, in revolutions of this tavern, as far as they are June 1787 for 2800l. By these gentlemen the known, have been kindly transmitted to me by Devil Tavern was pulled down soon after they J. Dent, Esq., one of the principal partners in bought it, and the present buildings in Child's the banking-house of Child and Co. "Mr. Place erected on its site. In this tavern was Taylor, of the parish of St. Bride's London, Esq. the room known by the name of the Apollo, in appears by indenture October 1734, to have been which was held the APOLLO CLUB established the owner of the two messuages or tenements by the celebrated Ben Jonson. Over the door close to the east of Temple Bar, of which the in gold letters on a black ground were painted one known by the name of St. Dunstan's, or the his verses beginning "Welcome all," &c. and old Devil Tavern, was then in the occupation of above them was placed a bust of the poet-both John Goostrey.-Taylor sold this property to these are still in the possession of Messrs. Child: Richard Andrews of St. Dunstan's parish, July-the Rules of the club, said to have been en II MODERATIS POCULIS PROVOCARE SO- 19 VERSUS SCRIBERE NULLUS COGI 17 Let raillery be without malice or heat. 18 Dull poems to read let none privilege take. 19 Let no poetaster command or intreat Another extempore verses to make. IX. 20 Let argument bear no unmusical sound, Nor jars interpose, sacred friendship to grieve. 21 For generous lovers let a corner be found, Where they in soft sighs may their passions relieve. X. 22 Like the old Lapithites, with the goblets to fight, Our own 'mongst offences unpardoned will rank, Or breaking of windows, or glasses, for spight, And spoiling the goods for a rakehelly prank. about the year 1796; the bar of this tavern being now part of their kitchen. The original sign (still in existence) of the banking-house, was the full blown marigold exposed to a meridian sun, with this motto round it, Ainsi mon Ame."-J. D. 1816. 1 AL CONVIVE NON MULTI. music. It was frequently used for balls, &c., and here Dr. Kenrick gave, about 1775, his Lectures on Shakspeare. 23 QUI FORAS VEL PICTA, VEL FACTA 24 Neminem reUM POCULA FACIUNTO. ELIMINET, ELIMINATOR. FOCUS PERENNIS ESTQ. XI. 23 Whoever shall publish what's said, or what's done, Be he banished for ever our assembly divine. 24 Let the freedom we take be perverted by none, To make any guilty by drinking good wine. VERSES PLACED OVER THE DOOR AT THE ENTRANCE INTO THE APOLLO. |