In that Afpe&t, and still that Diftánce keeps
Till Night; then in the East her Turn the fhines,
Revolv'd on Heav'n's great Axle; and her Reign
With thousand leffer Lights dividual holds;
With thousand thousand Stars that then appear'd
Spangling the Hemisphere.
Forthwith the Sounds and Seas, each Creek and Bay,
With Fry innumerable Swarm, and Shoals
Of Fish, that with their Fins and fhining Scales
Glide under the green Wave, in Sculls that oft
Bank the Mid-Sea: Part fingle, or with Mate,
Graze the Sea-weed their Pasture, and thro' Groves
Of Coral ftray; or fporting with quick Glance,
Shew to the Sun their wav'd Coats drop'd with Gold;
Or in their pearly Shells at Eafe attend
Moift Nutriment, or under Rocks their Food
In jointed Armour watch. On Smooth the Seal
And bended Dolphins play; part, huge of Bulk,
Wall'wing, unweildy, enormous in their Gait,
Tempeft the Ocean: There Leviathan,
Hugeft of living Creatures, on the Deep,
Stretch'd like a Promontory, fleeps or fwims,
And seems a moving Lake; and at his Gills
Draws in, and at his Trunk spouts out a Sea.
Mean while the tepid Caves, and Fens, and Shores, Their Brood as num'rous hatch from th'Egg, that foon Bursting with kindly Rupture, forth disclos'd
Their callow Young: But feather'd foon and fledge,
They fum'd their Pens, and foaring th’Air sublime,
With Clang defpis'd the Ground, under a Cloud
In Profpe&t: There the Eagle and the Stork
On Cliffs and Cedar Tops their Eyries build.
Part loofly wing the Region, part more wife,
In common, rang'd in Figure, wedg'd their Way,
Intelligent of Seafons; and fet forth
Their airy Caravan, high over Seas
Flying, and over Lands, eafing their Wings
With mutual Flight: So fteers the prudent Crane
Her annual Voyage born on Winds: The Air
Floats as they pafs, fann'd with unnumber'd Plumes.
From Branch to Branch the smaller Birds with Song
Solac'd the Woods, and spread their painted Wings
Till Even; nor then the folemn Nightingale
Ceas'd warbling, but all Night tun'd her foft Lays,
Others in filver Lakes and Rivers bath'd
Their downy Breaft: The Swan with arched Neck,
Between her white Wings mantling, proudly rows
Her State with oary Feet; yet oft they quit
The Dank, and, rifing on stiff Pennons, tow'r
The mid aerial Sky. Others on Ground
Walk'd firm: The crefted Cock, whofe Clarion founds
The filent Hours; and th'other, whofe gay Train
Adorns him, colour'd with the florid Hue
Of Rainbows and starry Eyes:
Op'ning her fertile Womb, teem'd at a Birth
Innam'rous living Creatures, perfe& Forms,
Limb'd and full grown: Out from the Ground up-rose,
As from his Lair, the wild Beaft where he wons
In Foreft wild, in Thicket, Brake or Den;
Among the Trees in Pairs they rofe, they walk'd ;
The Cattle in the Fields and Meadows green:
Thofe rare and folitary, thefe in Flocks,
Paft'ring at once, and in broad Herds up-fprung.
The graffy Clods now calv'd; Now half appear'd
The tawny Lion, pawing to get free
His hinder Parts; then fprings as broke from Bonds,
And rampant fhakes his brinded Mane: The Ounce,
The Libbard, and the Tyger, as the Moal
Rifing, the crumbled Earth above them threw
In Hillocks: The fwift Stag from under Ground
Bore up his branching Head. Scarce from his Mold
Behemoth, biggeft born of Earth, upheav'd
His Vaftne fs: Fleec'd the Flocks, and bleating rofe,
As Plants: Ambiguous between Sea and Land,
The River-Horfe and fcaly Crocodile.
At once came forth whatever creeps the Ground,
Infe& or Worm: Those wav'd their limber Fans
For Wings, and fmalleft Lineaments, exact,
In all the Liv'ries deck'd of Summer's Pride,
With Spots of Gold and Purple, Azure.and Green :
These as a Line their long Dimenfion drew,
Streaking the Ground with finuous Trace. Not all
Minims of Nature; fome of Serpent kind,
Wond'rous in Length and Corpulence, involv'd
Their fnaky Folds, and added Wings. Firft crept
The parcimonious Emmet, provident
Of Future; in small Room large Heart enclos'd;
Pattern of juft Equality
The Female Bee, that feeds her Husband Drone
Deliciously, and builds her waxen Cells,
With Honey ftor'd.
The Serpent, fubtleft Beaft of all the Field,
Of huge Extent fometimes, with brazen Eyes,
And hairy Main terrifick.
Now Heav'n in all her Glory fhin'd, and rowl'd
Her Motions, as the Great firft Mover's Hand
Firft wheel'd their Course. Earth in her rich Attire
Confummate lovely fmil'd: Air, Water, Earth,
By Fowl, Filk, Beaft, was flown, was fwum, was walk’d.
There wanted yet the Mafter-work, the End
Of all yet done; a Creature, who not prone,
And brute as other Greatures, but endu'd
With Sanctity of Reason, might erect
His Stature, and upright with Front ferene
Govern the reft, felf-knowing, and from thence
Magnanimous to correfpond with Heav'n :
He form'd thee, Adam, thee, O Man,
Duft of the Ground, and in thy Noftrils breath'd
The Breath of Life.
Here finish'd he, and all that he had made
View'd, and behold! all was intirely Good,
Anfw'ring his great Idea! Up he rode,
Follow'd with Acclamations, and the Sound
Symphonious of Ten thoufand Harps that tun'd
Angelick Harmonies; the Earth, the Air
Refounded;
The Heav'ns and all the Conftellations rung,
The Planets in their Station lift'ning ftood,
While the bright Pomp afcended jubilant.
Thus Heav'n from Nothing rais'd his fair Creation,
And then with wond'rous Joy beheld its Beauty,
Well-pleas'd to fee the Excellence he gave.
He fung the fecret Seeds of Nature's Frame,
How Seas, and Earth, and Air, and active Flame
Fell thro' the mighty Void, and in their Fall
Were blindly gather'd in this goodly Ball.
The tender Soil, then ftiff'ning by degrees,
Shut from the bounded Earth the bounding Seas:
Then Earth and Ocean various Forms difclose,
And a new Sun to the new World arofe.
And Mifts, condens'd to Clouds, obfcure the Sky,
And Clouds, diffolv'd, the thirfty Ground fupply:
The rifing Trees the lofty Mountains grace,
The lofty Mountains feed the favage Race;
Yet few, and Strangers in th'unpeopl'd Place.
CRIES or Shrieks.
Now Peals of Shouts came thund'ring from afar, Cries, Threats, and loud Laments, and mingled War. Dr. Virg. The House is fill'd with loud Laments and Cries, And Shrieks of Women rend the vaulted Skies. The fearful Matrons raise a screaming Cry, Old feeble Men with fainter Groans reply: A jarring Sound refults, and mingles in the Sky. Like that of Swans remurm'ring to the Floods, Or Birds of diff'ring Kinds in hollow Woods.
Firft from the frighted Court the Yell began,
Redoubled thence from Houfe to House it ran :
The Groans of Men, with Shrieks, Laments, and Cries,
Of mixing Women, mount the vaulted Skies.
A Shout that ftruck the golden Stars enfu'd.
CRUSH'D to Pieces:
The Overthrow,
Crufhing, to Duft pounded the Crowd below's could know.
Nor Limbs, nor Bones, nor Ca cafs did remain,
But a math'd Heap, a Hotchpotch of the Slain
One vaft Destruction; not the Soul alone;
But Bodies, like the Soul, invifibly are flown..
CUCKING-STOOL.
As Ovation was allow'd
For Conqueft, purchas'd without Blood;
So Men decree thefe leffer Shows
For Vi&'ry, gotten without Blows,
By Dint of fharp hard Words, which fome
Give Battel with, and overcome.
Thefe, mounted in a Chair Curule,
Which Moderns call a Cucking-Stool,
March proudly to the River's Side,
And o'er the Waves in Triumph ride;
Like Dukes of Venice, who are faid
The Adriatick Sea to wed;
And have a gentler Wife, than thofe
For whom the State decrees these Shows.
CUCKOLD. See Jealoufie.
O Curfe of Marriage!
That we can call thofe delicate Creatures ours,
And not their Appetites! I had rather be a Toad,
And live upon the Vapour of a Dungeon,
Than keep a Corner in the thing I love.
For others Ufes. Yet 'tis the Plague of great ones;
Prerogativ'd are they lefs than the Bafe
'Tis Destiny unfhunnable like Death!
I had been happy if the gen'ral Camp,
Pioneers and all, had táfted her fweet Body,
So I had nothing known.
I fwear 'tis better to be much abus'd,
Than but to know't a little.
What Senfe had I of her ftol'n Hours of Luft?
I faw't not, thought it not, it harm'd not me:
I flept the next Night well, was free and merry;
I found not Caffio's Kiffes on her Lips.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is fol'n,
Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.
Inquifitive as jealous Cuckolds grow,
Rather than not be knowing, they will know,
What, being known, creates their certain Woe.
Ingrateful Wretch! that never thanks his Maker.
CUNNING-M A N and Quack.
He deals in Destiny's dark Counfels,
And fage Opinions of the Moon fells;
To whom all People far and near,
On deep Importances repair;
When Brafs and Pewter hap to ftray,
And Linnen flinks out of the way
When Geefe and Pullen are feduc'd,
And Sows of Sucking-Pigs are chous'd;
When Cattle feel Indifpofition,
And need th'Opinion of Phyfician;
When Murrain reigns in Hogs or Sheep,
And Chicken languifh of the Pip;
When Yeft and outward Means do fail,
And have no Pow'r to work on Ale;
When Butter does refuse to come,
And Love proves crofs and humourfom:
To him with Queftions and with Urine;
They for Difcov'ry flock, or Curing.
CURSE. See Imprecations,
I curfe thee not:
For who can better curfe the Plague or Devil,
Than to be what they are: That Curfe be thine,
And let the greateft, fierceft, fouleft Fury,
Hear me, juft Heavens!
your Cürfes on this wretched Head
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