Or is there left fome pleafing art, Three kinds of Life, anfwerable to the three T Think not that death against her nature is, Think it a birth, and, when thou go'ft to die, Sing like a fwan, as if thou went'ft to bliss And, thou, my foul, — which tarn't thy curious eye, To view the beams of thine own form divine, HE human foul's effential powers are three, and reafon ; Three kinds of life to her defigned be, Which perfect these three powers in their due feafon : The first life in the mother's womb is spent, Where the her nurfing power doth only use, Where when she finds defect of nourishment, She expels her body, and this world the views; This we call birth, but, if the child could fpeak, He death would call it, and of nature 'plain, That fhe would thruft him out, naked, and weak, And, in his paffage, pinch him with fuch pain: Yet out he comes, and in this world is plac'd, Where he finds flowers to fmell, and fruits to taste, And founds to hear, and fundry forms to fee; When he hath pass'd some time upon this stage, Yet can fhe here no perfect practice make : Then doth the aspiring foul the body leave, Which we call death, but, were it known to all What life our fouls do by this death receive, In this third life, reason will be so bright Being still increas'd by influence divine. O ignorant poor man, what doft thou bear Lock'd up within the casket of thy breast! What jewels, and what riches, haft thou there! What heavenly treasure in fo weak a cheft! Look in thy foul, and thou shalt beauties find, Like those which drown'd Narciffus in the food; Honour and pleasure both are in thy mind, And all that in the world is counted good: While thou art clouded with this flesh of mine Take heed of over-weening, and compare Thy peacock's feet with thy gay peacock's train; Study the best and highest things that are, But of thyself an humble thought retain; Caft down thyfelf, and only ftrive to raise Ufe all thy powers that bleffed power to praife, The glory of thy Maker's facred name, Which gives thee power to be, and use the fame. For erft mankind, a favage rage, As lawless robbers rang'd the woods, And chofe, when weary'd with the chace, 'Midft rocks, and caves, their dark abodes; "Till Friendship, thy perfuafive strains, Pow'rful as Orpheus' magic fong, Re-echo'd thro' the fqualid plains, And drew the brutish herd along: Loft in furprise thy pleafing voice they own'd, Chofe fafter arts, and polish'd at the found. 3. Then Pity first her facred flame B By just degrees humanity refin'd, And virtue fix'd her empire in the mind. O Goddefs, when thy form appears, 5. ? Is there a wretch in forrow's fhade, The woe-fraught fiends before her stalk away, 6 Oh for a faithful, honeft friend, LIFE to be ENJOYED. F merit only ftamps my former lays, I' And thofe alone fhall give me deathless praife: H To WISDOM. ENCE vain, deluding joys, And infpirations lighter than the wind! How little can we find Solid content in fleeting, fancy'd toys? Hence ev'ry idle dream Of laureat Phoebus, and th'Aonian maids, At whofe fair foot is feen } But come thou Goddess fage, and mild, In whofe ample page appears Him Wisdom claim'd (the child was preft ; Hence then be folly's idle train, Adieu the gay, the flow'ry plains, Where fancy's fairy-train retreat; Come truth's fair guide, and virtue's friend, With thee, when hot meridian beams * Alluding to the ftory of Damon and Pythias, Or, Sherlock, charm'd I find in thee Teach me to pierce, with reafon's eye, Come too, thou pure, immortal fpirit, COM The ROS E. From ANACREON. NOME, Lyriit, tune thy harp, and play To heav'n the rofe in fragrance flies, And, crown'd with thee, more graceful moves. The rofe the poets ftrive to praise, Aurora, with a blushing ray, And rofy fingers, fpreads the day: When pain afflicts, or fickness grieves, Come, Lyrift, join to fing the birth Of this fweet offspring of the earth! When Venus from the ocean's bed Rais'd o'er the waves her lovely head; When warlike Pallas fprung from Jove, Tremendous to the pow'rs above, To grace the world the teeming earth Gave the fragrant infant birth; And, "This, the cry'd, I this ordain "My fav'rite, Queen of flow'rs to reign." But, firft, th' affembled Gods debate The future wonder to create : Agreed at length, from heav'n they threw A drop of rich nectareous dew; A bramble-stem the drop receives, And ftrait the rofe adoras the leaves. The Gods to Bacchus gave the flow'r To grace him in the genial hour. To MON E Y. Money! money! I too plainly fee That in good earnest I'm in love with thee; When I alone thy beauteous form furvey, Do not my eyes my tender thoughts betray? Does not my trembling hand thy person feize, And eager grafp thee with an am'rous squeeze ? No lover can more grievously repine At Chloe's abfence, than I do at thine: And well I may; for, when depriv'd of thee, I can enjoy no other company. The lover's fenfes equal throbbings feel, Whether he fees his fair in dishabille, Or when full dress each heighten'd beauty fhews, To rival belles and complimenting beaux ; Juft fo on you my eyes enamour'd ftare, In whatsoever figure you appear; If, as a guinea, you eclipfe the fun, If, as a fhilling, you eclipfe the moon, Altho' he be the glorious god of light, And the the filver majesty of night. Nor is m'inconquerable paffion lefs, When you in paper whimfically drefs; Tho' others at fo thin a garment laugh, And think your reputation not quite safe. N. B. The Answer to the Ænigma, in Page 154, is A Statue. To the PROPRIETORS of the UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE. GENTLEMEN, Finding that you conftantly inrich your Monthly Repofitory with many Things equally curious and useful, I prefumed, that the following Observations would be well received by you, from your Humble Servant, A CHEMIST. N O Chemist, for aught I know, has yet ever attempted to draw a hot fpirit from figs: I lately attempted it on a pretty confiderable quantity that began to spoil. By the firft diftillation I had a good deal of hot fpirit, which retained the taste of the fruit, and in fome degree the fmell. This fpirit, distilled a fecond time, was very brifk and strong, and yet friendly to the breast: Which refutes the opinion of those who attribute the fame qualities to all fpirits. I alfo extracted a hot spirit from mead of four years old. It retained the taste of honey, being a fweetnefs fucceeded by tartnefs. I found by experience, that it was a falutary beverage in afthmatic complaints: It may be made more agreeable by diftilling it a fecond time with anife-feed.—It is eafily conceived, that it is a property common to all spirits, to retain the tafte of the fruit more after the first distillation than the second, and that this tafte becomes weaker at every new diftillation; which proves, that the effential or fpecific fpirits are less volatile than the hot. From the LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. T the Court at St. James's, the 8th day of a Princefs for my confort; and I now, with A of July, 1761, PRESENT The KING'S Moft Excellent Majefty, His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Duke of Bedford Earl of Bute Earl of Halifax Earl Waldegrave Earl of Harcourt Robert Nugent, Efq; His Majefty, being this day prefent in Council, was pleased to make the following declaration, viz. Having nothing fo much at heart, as to procure the welfare and happiness of my people, and to render the fame ftable and permanent to pofterity, I have, ever fince my acceffion to the throne, turned my thoughts towards the choice great fatisfaction, acquaint you, that, after the fulleft information, and mature deliberation, I am come to a refolution to demand in marriage the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz; a Princess distinguished by every eminent virtue, and amiable endowment, whofe illuftrious line has conftantly fhewn the firmeft zeal for the Proteftant religion, and a particular attachment to my family. I have judged proper to communi. cate to you these my intentions, in order that you may be fully apprifed of a matter fo highly important to me, and my kingdoms, and which, I perfuade myself, will be most acceptable to all my loving fubjects. Whereupon all the Privy-counfellors prefent made it their request to his Majefty, that this his Majesty's most gracious declaration to them might be made public; which his Majefty was pleafed to order accordingly. W. SHARPE. [For the fatisfaction of our readers, we shall give the following account of the duchy and family of Mecklenburg: -' This country which is about 120 miles in length, and 30 in breadth, is bounded on the north by the Baltic fea; by Brandenburgh on the caft; by Lunenburgh and Brandenburgh on the fouth; and by Holstein, on the weft. Its ancient inhabitants were the famous Vandals, who formerly made so great a buftle in Europe, and at length had their kingdom reduced to this duchy, by the Knights of the Teutonic order, the Poles, and the Branden. burghers. The Vandals were a rude, barbarous people, who had fettled in this country at least twelve hundred years before the birth of Chrift. They formed it into a powerful kingdom, and preserved its title and dignity till 1163; when its Monarch, Pribiflaus II, was compelled to embrace the Chriftian religion, by Henry Lyon, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, and one of our King's ancestors, affifted by the Duke of Pomerania. At this time the title of King of the Vandals Vandals was extinguished, and that of the Prince of Mecklenburg fubftituted in his ftead; who became a vaffal to the Duke of Bavaria. However, in 1349 the Prince of Mecklenburg, as he was called, was created a Duke, and made a Prince of the Empire. The remnant of the Vandals united with the Mecklenburgers about the year 1429: After that time they were divided into three branches, viz. of Gustrow, Swerin, and Strelitz; but the extinction of that of Guftrow, in 1688, occafioned a law-fuit between the defcendants of the two other branches about the fucceffion; which difpute continued till 1701, when a treaty of partition was made at Hamburgh, and ratified by the Emperor in the following manner: That the duchy of Guftrow should go to the Duke of Swerin; and that the Duke of Strelitz fhould have the bishopric of Ratzelburg fecularifed, and 40,000 crowns a year from the tolls of Boitzenburg, and a voice in the Diet of the Empire. The Duke of Swerin's annual revenue amounts to 40,000l. and that of the Duke of Strelitz to 15,000l. befides his domain. The country is fruitful, but unhealthy, and excessive cold in winter. It has often been the fcene of war, particucularly in the differences between Sweden and the Empire, when its principal towns, viz. Roftock (a fea-port) Gutzrow, Butzow, Wilmar, Swerin, Domitz, and Gaddebush, were several times taken by the Swedes, Danes, and Imperialists, and fome battles fought near them. The country able to raise a confiderable body of troops, but they never had a fufficient number to repel any invader. The titles of both Dukes are the fame, viz. Dukes of Mecklenburg, Princes of Wenden, Swerin, and Ratzelburg, Lords of Roftock and Stargard; which laft was the name of the final branch of the Vandals. The established religion of the country is Lutheran. Imhoff, in his Notitia Principum Germaniæ, gives a large account of the genealogy of this family, which, he says, is lineally defcended from the kings or leaders of the " Vandals. Hubner, in his genealogy of the Ger man Princes, fays, this family, if not the moft ancient in Europe, is certainly one of the most noble in Germany. The branch of Strelitz is the fecond branch of the houfe of Mecklenburg; but its Duke is one of the fecular Princes of the Empire, and takes his feat in the Diet for Ratzelburg. The late Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, Adolphus Frederic III, dying unmarried, was fucceeded by his nephew, (fon to his brother Charles-Lewis, who is dead) Adolphus Frederic IV, born May 5, 1738, who is not yet married; but has the followlowing brothers and fifters: 1. Chriftiana Sophia Albertina, born Dec. 6, 1735. 2. Charles Louis Frederic, now a Lieutenantcolonel in the Hanoverian foot-guards, born, December the 10th, 1741. 3. Erneft Gottlob Albert, born August the 27th, 1742. 4. Sophia Charlotte, or Caroline [our intended Queen] born May the 19th, 1744. 5. George Auguftus, born Auguft the 3d, 1748. The mother of this illuftrious family was the Princess Albertine Elifabeth, born Auguft the 3d, 1713, the daughter of ErneftFrederic, Duke of Saxe-Hildbourghausen.] By the KING, APROCLAMATION, declaring his Majesty's Pleasure touching his Royal Coronation, and the Solemnity thereof. GEORGE R. HEREAS we have refolved, by the W favour and bleffing of Almighty God, to celebrate the folemnity of our royal coronation upon Tuesday the 22d day of September next, at our Palace at Weftminster: And forafmuch as by ancient cuftoms and ufages, as alfo in regard of divers tenures of fundry manors, lands, and other hereditaments, many of our loving fubjects do claim, and are bound to do and perform divers feveral fervices on the said day, and at the time of the coronation, as, in times precedent, their anceftors, and thofe from whom they claim, have done and performed at the coronation of our famous progenitors and predeceffors: We therefore, out of our princely care for the prefervation of the lawful rights and inheritances of our loving fubjects, whom it may concern, have thought fit to give notice of, and publish our refolutions therein; and do hereby give notice of, and publifh the fame accordingly: And we do hereby further fignify, that, by our commiffion under our great feal of Great Britain, we have appointed and authorised our moft dearly-beloved brother and Counsellor Edward Duke of York; our dear ly-beloved Uncle and Counsellor William Duke of Cumberland; the moft Reverend Father in God, our right trufty and right intirely beloved Counsellor, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan; our right trufty and well-beloved Counsellor Robert Lord Henley, Baron of Grange, our Chancellor of Great Britain; our right trufty and right wellbeloved Coufins and Counsellors John Earl Granville, Prefident of cur Council; Richard Eart Temple, Keeper of our Privy-Seal; our right trufty and right intirely beloved Coufins and Counsellors William Duke of Devonshire, Lord Chamberlain of our Houfhold; Charles Duke of Bolton, Thomas Duke of Leeds, John Duke of Bedford, John Duke of Rutland, Mafter of our Horfe; Charles Duke of Queensbury, Peregrine Duke of Ancafter, our Great Chamberlain ; Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle, First Lord Commiffioner of our Treasury; Lionel Duke of Dorfet, Lord Warden of our Cinque Ports; our right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor John Manners, Efq; commonly called Marquis of Granby, Lieutenant-general of our Ordnance; our right trufty and right well-beloved Coufins and Counsellors William Earl of Talbot, Lord Ddd z Steward |