SCENE XIII. HASAN, CARAZA, MUSTAPHA, MURZA. MUSTAPHA TO MURZA. What plagues, what tortures, are in store for thee, Behold the model of consummate beauty, MURZA. Such was the will of Heav'n-A band of Greeks That mark'd my course, suspicious of my purpose, Rush'd out and seiz'd me, thoughtless and unarm❜d, Breathless, amaz'd, and on the guarded beach Detain'd me, till Demetrius set me free. MUSTAPHA. So sure the fall of greatness, rais'd on crimes! When haughty guilt exults with impious joy, EPILOGUE. BY SIR WILLIAM YONGE. MARRY a Turk! a haughty, tyrant king! "Tis true, the fellow's handsome, straight, and tall, But how the devil should he please us all! My swain is little-true-but, be it known, My pride's to have that little all my own. Men will be ever to their errors blind, Where woman 's not allow'd to speak her mind. I swear this Eastern pageantry is nonsense, And for one man-one wife 's enough of conscience. In vain proud man usurps what's woman's due; For us alone, they honour's paths pursue : Inspir'd by us, they glory's heights ascend; Woman the source, the object, and the end. Though wealth, and pow'r, and glory, they receive, These are all trifles to what we can give. For us the statesman labours, hero fights, Bears toilsome days, and wakes long tedious nights; And, when blest peace has silenc'd war's alarms, Receives his full reward in Beauty's arms. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. PROLOGUE. SPOKEN BY MR. GARRICK, APRIL 5, 1750, Acted at DRURY-LANE THEATRE, for the Benefit of MILTON'S YE patriot crowds, who burn for England's fame, At length our mighty bard's victorious lays And baffled spite, with hopeless anguish dumb, * See Vol. IX. p. 150. With ardent haste each candidate of fame, Yours is the charge, ye fair, ye wise, ye brave! grave. PROLOGUE TO THE COMEDY OF THE GOOD-NATUR'D MAN, 1769. PREST by the load of life, the weary mind |