But men of discerning, Have thought, that in learning, To yield to a Lady was hard. Impertinent schools, Where Pedants give rules, Have reading to females deny'd: So Papist s refuse, The Bible to use, Lest flocks should be wise as their guide. 'Twas a female at first, (Indeed she was curst) In knowledge that tasted delight: And Sages agree, Our laws will decree, To the first possessor the right. Then bravely, fair dame, Renew the old claim, Which to your whole sex doth belong : And let men receive, From a second bright Eve, The knowledge of right and of wrong. But if Eve the first, Was so cruelly curst, When only one apple had she: What punishment new, Shall be found out for you, Who have robb'd the whole fruit of the tree. To the Two Miss Woodwards. THE charms of sweet Lydia inspire me, The bright mind of Lydia's a jewel, His measure with Lydia Time loses, If Emily her presence refuses, One moment appears a whole day. One sister my head so possesses, My reason with her would take part : To musick when gay Lydia bounds, Fair Lydia all the Graces adorn, WALTER HARTE. About 1700-1773. Walter Harte was the son of a clergyman of the same name who obtained, mirabile dictu, a Prebendary of Bristol, through the recommendation of Lord Chancellor Jefferies, in return for the manly freedom with which he remonstrated against his severities at Taunton. The subject of this biographical sketch was authour of the History of Gustavus Adolphus, which work has been aptly said to be "full of Latinisms, Gallicisms, Germanicisms, and all isms, but Anglicisms." He was tutor to Lord Chesterfield's son, and is thus spoken of in Anderson's collection : "The character of Harte seems to have been highly ami able and respectable. He was beloved, esteemed, and revered by his friends. The testimonies of Pope, Fenton, and Lyttleton, are unquestionable authorities in favour of his intellectual and moral endowments. Even Chesterfield concurs in the fullest commendation of his amiable worth and consummate erudition, though his fastidious delicacy unfitted him to balance the excellence of his moral qualities against his deficiency in the graces of personal behaviour. Meditations on Christ's Death and Passion. An Emblem. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him. Isaiah liii. 5. Σός είμι, ΧΡΙΣΤΕ• σῶσον, ως Αυλος θέλεις. GREC. NAZ. CARM. JAM. Respice dum transis; Quia sis mihi causa doloris. HASTE not so fast, on worldly cares employ'd, Nor wealth nor plenty did he ever taste, The moss his pillow, oft his couch the ground; |