Its references are obscure, its satire abstruse, its humor vague.

To Grubster and others, bold satire advance; Bid Ayliffe talk little, and Ps talk sense; Bid Kn leave stealing as well as the rest; When this can be done, they may hope to be blest.

If satire or heroic strains she writes, 120 Her hero pleases and her satire bites.

I shall quote as a specimen the first three stanzas: 'If e'er my fingers touch'd the lyre, In satire fierce, in pleasure gay; Shall not my THRALIA'S smiles inspire?

And, tir'd, like me, with follies and with crimes, In angry numbers warn'st succeeding times; Then shall thy friend, nor thou refuse his aid, Still foe to vice, forsake his Cambrian shade; In virtue's cause, once more, exert his rage, Thy satire point, and animate thy page.

Frontless, and satire-proof, he scours the streets, And runs an Indian-muck at all he meets.

But one's advice into a satire slides; The other's petition a remonstrance hides.