VII. Then shifting his fide as a lawyer knows how, But what were his arguments few people know, wife. VIII So his lord hip decreed with a grave folemn tone, On the Burning of LORD MANSFIELD's Library, together with his MSS. by the Mob, in the Monthi of June, 1780. SO then the Vandals of our ifle,. Sworn foes to fenfe and law, Have burnt to duft a nobler pile. Than ever Roman faw ! II. And II. And MURRAY fighs o'er Pope and Swift, And many a treasure more, The well-judg'd purchase and the gift That grac'd his letter'd ftore. III. Their pages mangled, burnt and torn, But ages yet to come shall mourn The burning of his own. ON THE SAME. I. WHEN wit and genius meet their doom In all devouring flame, They tell us of the fate of Rome, And bid us fear the fame. O'er MURRAY's lofs the mufes wept, Yet blefs'd the guardian care that kept His facred head from harm.. II. There IIT. There mem'ry like the bee that's fed From Flora's balmy store, The quinteffence of all he read Had treafur'd up before. IV. The lawless here with fury blind Have done him cruel wrong, The flow'rs are gone-but ftill we find The honey on his tongue. THE LOVE OF THE WORLD REPROVED; OR, HYPO CRISY DETECTED.* THUS fays the prophet of the Turk, Good muffulman, abftain from pork; There is a part in ev'ry fwine, No friend or follower of mine It may be proper to inform the reader that this piece has already appeared in print, having found its way, though with some unneceffary additions by an unknown hand, into the Leeds Journal, without the author's privity. May May tafte, whate'er his inclination, He meant not to forbid the head, Thus, confcience freed from ev'ry clog, You laugh-'tis well-the tale apply'd While one as innocent regards A fnug and friendly game at cards; Can fee no evil in a play; Some Some love a concert or a race, With fophiftry their fauce they fweeten, THE LILY AND THE ROSE I.. THE nymph muft lofe her female friend If more admir'd than fhe But where will fierce contention end If flow'rs can difagree? II. Within the garden's peaceful fcene: Appear'd two lovely foes, Afpiring to the rank of queen,, The lily and the rofe. III The |