Miscellanies. 2055. APPEARANCES not too readily to be trusted. We see the Ships that in the Main are tost*, And many times by Tempest wreckt and lost, Had, at their launching from the Haven's Mouth, A smooth Sea, and a calm Gale from the South. 2056. LOVE-not limited by Distance. In Love Hearts remote are not asunder. *This too is one of the Thoughts which have been beautifully expresst in Italian Poetry. This is part of a Poem inserted in "As You Like It." That these minor Poems of SHAKESPEARE should be comparatively so little known and admir'd, here at least, in his own Country, (for it seems to be otherwise in Germany) may be wonder'd. They have the faults, it is true, of his greater Compositions: but they have a splendid and ample portion of Shakesperian Excellence. Sweetness, Grace, Originality, Energy, and Wisdom. Yet it is not meant to be denied that in some of them the effect gains by taking the purer part detacht from surrounding Dross. However, if a Commentator on Poems like these could be represented as cultivating a barren Soil with a golden Plough and an ivory Spade, it had been better that a Fancy so dazzled with the Tools had been accompanied with a Judgment to discern the real Treasures of the Soil; thus strangely accus'd of Barrenness. SPICILEGIA TERTIATA. " 'Tis our Aim "To lose no Spark of that immortal Flame.” APHORISMS OMITTED. TEMPEST. 2058. FORTITUDE. IN IN all Emergencies play the Man, 2059. SYMPATHY. It is a powerful motive to assist others, that our case is as their's*. 2060. HYPOCRISY. *+ Hypocrisy With fairest Colours paints the foulest Ends. 2061. FORTITUDE native. Firm is the Fortitude infus'd from Heaven; And mild as firm. 2062. PROVIDENCE. Q All Good ascribe to Providence divine. * Non ignara Malis miseris succurrere disco. VIRG. 2063. EDUCATION. The Great have this, Misfortune:-to have For vainer hours and Discipline less careful. [time 2064. COMPULSION. Most wretchedly corrupted is that Nature Which Stripes may move, not Kindness. 2065. 2¶ Natures there seem, but none are truly such, Which any print of Goodness will not take, Being capable of all Ill. 2066. GRIEF. Grief is Beauty's Canker. 2067. CONSCIENCE. * Coward is a Conscience Possesst with Guilt.. 2068. CREDULITY. 2 Beware thou be not An Advocate for an Impostor. 2069. TRAVELLERS. Many voucht Rarities are almost beyond Credit. 2071, TRUTH with GENTLENESS. 3§ Unpleasant Truths require some Gentleness And Time to speak them.-Do not rub the sore When you should bring the Plaster. 2072. THEORIES false. 4+ False Theories would still by contraries Execute all things. 2073. ANGER. Do not adventure Discretion so weakly as to be angry for a slight cause. 2074. FORTUNE often changed with our own *+ Ebbing men Most often do so near the bottom run [Faults. By their own Negligence, or Fear, or Sloth. 2075. PHYSIOGNOMY. 2§ The setting of the eye and cheek proclaim Matter of Moment inward. 2076. CURIOSITY. Many in England who would not give a doit to relieve a lame Beggar, will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. 2077. COWARDICE-FOLLY. O Cowardice thinks itself brave, and Ignorance wise, when it finds, or imagines, any thing more cowardly or silly than itself. 2078. MODESTY. * Modesty Is the best Jewel in a Virgin's Dower. 2079. LOVE exclusive. 2. Love would not wish Any Companion in the World but one: 2080. TEARS OF JOY. 3. Affection Will weep at what it's glad of. 2081. LOVE-betrays itself. 41 The more Love seeks to hide itself, the more It shews that it is Love. 2082. MODESTY ingenuous. True virtuous Modesty seeks not disguise, But trusts to plain and holy Innocence, 2083. SURPRIZE. O Expected Good seldom appears so welcome As what comes by Surprize. 2084. COURTESY. [head. Whilst thou liv'st, keep a good Tongue in thy 2085. PERSEVERANCE. 2¶ See first that the design is wise and just: Do not for one repulse forego the purpose 2086. IRRESOLUTION. Procrastination says, "The next advantage We will take thoroughly." 2087. FATIGUE. The' oppresst with travail can not use such As when they are fresh. 2088. REPENTANCE. [vigilance. Repentance is Heart's Sorrow, And a clear Life ensuing. 2089. GUILT. Though it long sleep, the venom of great Guilt, When Death, or Danger, or Detection comes, Will bite the Spirits fiercely. 2090. TRIALS. 2¶ Vexations duely borne Are but as Trials which Heaven's Love to Man Sends for his Good. 2091, PROMISE-where to be trusted. 3 With confidence, the Wise and Good once The strongest Oaths are straw To the fire in the blood. |