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Show r I6 ] Again £hould wild tornados bring defpair, When hov'ring Death £hall threaten from the Air, . This Pile confum' d, remains there ought to fave I So My Body from an ignominious Grave? Let vulgar Souls for doubtful Life contend ; Be mine the boafl: of an Heroic End. This Momus heard, and from Olympus' height, To difl:ant Libya wing' d his rapid flight. 1 8 5 Sudden he joins the rafh Scriblerus' fide, While good Albertus' form the God belied. Jnfl:ant, behold! the Guardian Pow'r commands A fpark to iifue from the blazing brands ; Which fell, direCted, on the Sage's Head, I go And fudden flames around his temples fpread. The fubtle God the defl:in' d moment watch 'd : Swift from his head the hairy texture fnatch' d, And, L._ 186 .. While good Albertus' Form tbe God belied. J He was Son to Albert us mentioned m the ~emoirs, and confequently firil: Cou!in to Scriblerus ; fee the ~haraB.c~· o; the !'ather: ' Albertus was a di!creet Man, fober in his Opinions, , d<a' ot l edantt y, and knowmg tnough both m Books and in the v\ orld, to , pre[erve a due Regard for whatever was ufeful or excellent, whether Ancient or , Modern :_It he had not always the Authority, he had at leail: the Art, to divert CmiCitUs !rom many Extravagancies.' Mem. Scrib. chap. vi. ' . Am.d, ~nperceit~d :amidft dle<<tt <llud:s amaze; A :foa~iJig iRocket· in .. the ca't"'f conveys, .r ·i\ :'. I 9 5' The latent .fraud, portentous, .cuts the air; And bears, thro' :difl:ant ~ie8, · the:b1azing Hair .. When tqus· the, God,: iri fage:A!bertus' voice :. Beho}d tq~s wpndrous Omeri; ai1d rejoice. ~ · Lo ! · v,reat:Scfiblet:,us, what_ t!1e· Fate·s unfold : ~oo At len:gth' convinc'd, thy:rafh Attempt -with-hold~ The Gods declare, that thy illufuious Head Such efRuent Glory £hall around thee· fhed, As, wide, difpenfing its eternal Rays, · Shall fill th' enlighten'd Nations with Amaze. 2 o 5 The yieldil1gChief obferves the Heav' n-mark' d Road, Accepts the 01:1en, ·and obeys the God. · C Six L_ 196. And bears~ thro' di.ftant Skies, the blazing Hair.] In the fame manner Anchifes[lEn. B. u.] Is l:'revented from periihing in the Flames of 'l'r<eY, by a metcorous Appearance which they obferve direcring its paifage towards Mount Ida. Signantcmqzu .vias- · ---~ { - J •d J t v Their lifO: Difcovery of this, Omen, 'is from: the H ead of Afcanilfs, I ' <. 1 I Ecce levis jui11mo de vertice viji1~ Iiili Fundere ltttt>en ape.r. - . |