WE fly from luxury an
To hardships, in pursui
From generous wines,
And dozing in an easy
Pursue the goddess Hea
To find her in a country
And everywhere her foo
And see her marks in eve
And still her favourites w
Crowding the roads with
But, oh! so faintly we pu
We ne'er can have her full
II. AT AN INN IN EN
THE glass, by lovers' nonse
Dims and obscures our s
So, when our passions Love
It darkens Reason's light
To hardships, in pursuit of health;
From generous wines, and costly fare,
And dozing in an easy chair;
Pursue the goddess Health in vain,
To find her in a country scene,
And everywhere her footsteps trace,
And see her marks in every face;
And still her favourites we meet,
Crowding the roads with naked feet.
But, oh! so faintly we pursue,
We ne'er can have her full in view.
II. AT AN INN IN ENGLAND.
THE glass, by lovers' nonsense blurr'd
Dims and obscures our sight;
So, when our passions Love has stirr'd
It darkens Reason's light.
VII. ANOTHER, AT
O NEPTUNE! Neptune !
Be here detain'd against n
Is this your justice, when
Above two hundred miles 1
O'er mountains steep, o'er
Half chok'd with dust, half
Only your Godship to impl
To let me kiss your other s
A boon so small! but I ma
While you're like Baal, fast
* These verses are signed J- Kpresumed, in Dr Swift's hand.-D. S.
VII. ANOTHER, AT HOLYHEAD.
O NEPTUNE! Neptune! must I still
Be here detain❜d against my will?
Is this your justice, when I'm come
Above two hundred miles from home;
O'er mountains steep, o'er dusty plains,
Half chok'd with dust, half drown'd with rains,
Only your Godship to implore,
To let me kiss your other shore?
A boon so small! but I may weep,
While you're like Baal, fast asleep.
* These verses are signed J— K; but written, as it presumed, in Dr Swift's hand.-D. S.
* To these Verses, inscribed on added the following inscription, co of the Rev. Mr Greaves, and said hero, at the George in the Tree, a on the Chester road.
"As he was examining the parlo (which, affording entertainment for be called an inn), he observed the fo tion:
J. S. D. S. P. D. Hos Patriæ (ut nunc est) p
tempestate pu hic pernocta
A. D. M,DCC,X
"Jonathan Swift, Dean of St P stranger unknown, but in his own c better known than he would wish to b lodged here all night, in the year of o
"Mr Wildgoose having at prese kind, did not take out the pane, as he for three-halfpence, and as was done curious traveller."-Spiritual Quixot p. 218.
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