TRAGEDY.

By Mr. A D DISON,

Ecce Spectaculum dignum, ad quod refpiciat, intentus
operi fuo, Deus! Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum
mala fortuna compofitus! Non video, inquam, quid
habeat in terris Jupiter pulchrius, fi convertere ani-
mum velit, quàm ut fpectet Catonem, jam partibus
non femel fractis, nihilominùs inter ruinas publicas
Sen. de Divin. Prov.

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VERSES

To the Author of the

TRAGEDY of CATO.

Wand Caloy with an equal Virtue, draw,

HILE you the fierce divided Britons are,

While Envy is itself in Wonder loft,

And Factions ftrive who fhall applaud you most;
Forgive the fond Ambition of a Friend,
Who hopes himself, not you, to recommend;
And joins th' Applaufe which all the Learn'd beflow
On one, to whom a perfect Work they ore.
To my light Scenes I once infcrib'd Your Name,
And impotently ftrove to borrow Fame:

Soon will that die, which adds thy Name to mine;
Let me, then, live, join'd to a Work of thine.

*Tender Husband, Dedicated to Mr. Addison.

RICHARD STEELE,

HO' Cato fhines in Virgil's Epic Song,
Prefcribing Laws among th' Elyfian Throngs

Tho' Lucan's Verfe, exalted by his Name,
O'er Gods themselves has rais'd the Hero's Fame;

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