[301] Qualem ministrum fulminis alitem, &c.
And many others I might produce, from the same Poet, of equal Sublimity.
But in the Verses abovemention'd he has omitted one Subject very suitable to the Ode, and which he himself has often happily attempted; that, I mean, which relates to moral Reflections; which not only affords the greatest Advantage to the Reader, but, for aught I know, the greatest Elegance to the Writer. Many of his Odes are full of it:
[302] Æquam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem, &c.
Be calm, my Friend, be easy, and sedate, And bend your Soul to ev'ry State. Oldsworth.
[303] Cedes coemptis saltibus, & domo, Villaque flavus quam Tiberis lavit Cedes, & extructis in altum Divitiis potietur hæres.
You must your Fields and pleasant Seat forego, Where Tiber's yellow Waters flow; You must to Pluto's gloomy Realm repair, And leave your Heaps of Wealth to a luxurious Heir. Oldsworth.
Again:
[304] Eheu! fugaces, Posthume, Posthume, Labuntur anni, &c.