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Show Wf'ial tlvm t"-l4f'l. .1'/liliip;, Pwa9~ , w h t•tmu Ilqr, If" pnT11{1rrim or uu .l'rt>rridur. [ 87 ] And pleafed on \VEnowoon ray your partial fmilc, A new Etruria decks Britannia's ifle.- Charm'd by your touch, the flint liquefcent pours, 305 Through finer f.ieves, and falls in whiter :fhowers '· Charm'd by your touch, the kneaded clay refines, The bifcuit hardens, the enamel :£hines ; Each nicer mould a fofter feature drinks, The bold Cameo fpeaks, the foft Intaglio thinks. " To call the pearly drops from Pity's eye, 0~ fl:ay Defpair' s difanitnating figh, Whether, 0 Friend of art ! the gem you n1ould Rjch with new tafie, with antient virtue bold; Fonn the poor fetter'd SLAvE on bended knee From Britain's fons irnploring to be free; 310 Form the poor fetter'd Slave. l. 315. Alluding to two cameos of Mr. Wedgwood's manufatl.ure ; one of a Slave in chains, of which he diflributed many hundreds, to excite the humane to attend to and to alli!l: in the abolition of the deteflable traffic in human creatures; and the other a cameo of Ilope attended by Pc:ace, and Art, and Labour; which was made of clay from Botany Bay , to which place he fent many of them to !hew the inhabitants what their materials would do, and to encourage their indu!l:ry. A print of this latter medallion is prefixed to Mr. Stockdale's edition of Philip's Expedition to Bot;;~ny Bay, with fome verfcs which are infcrtcd at the end of the additional notes. |
