Persius, Sat. i. 116.

Horace, with sly insinuating grace,

Laugh'd at his friend, and look'd him in the face;

Would raise a blush, where secret vice he found,

And tickle while he gently prob'd the wound.

With seeming innocence the crowd beguild;

But made the desperate passes when he smil'd.

Dryden.

TO THE RAMBLER.

SIR,