The Bee Author:James Anderson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ExtfQtls from Wfajl, a Pem,jttft publijhtand. PratfeofWbi/l. J,BT all the games that aflt but little fldU, ,'. ; . T Loo, Commeree, Comet, BafTet and Qu... more »adrille, JLike twinkling ftars that dimly gild the mght, Shrink from the blaze of Whift's refulgent light : Nay more, let thofe that higher rank may claim. )Let nice Piquette, and'Ombre's iludious game, (Though each has charms) the fmitlefs conteft yield- And to tinefilent fport refign the field. For which of thefe tan boaft the pow'r to bind, In chains of eqttal ftresgth the captive mind ? Can each, or.all, fuch anxious thoughts infpire, Or with fuch ardour keen the fpirit fire ? Can they fo much the lofer's peace deftroy, Or fill the winner's 'breaft with equal joy ? Can, at Piquette the huitieme and quatqrze ; i Quadrille's triumvirate of matadores ; Fifteens at Crtbbage, or the pam at Loo l With fuch extatic rapture blifs the view, As when at Whift, the firm quadruple band Of honoured chiefs enrich a fingle hand ? Or, what is oft of more importance found, When ftrengtn of cardt, with rtrength of tntmfit is crovro'd, Let Ombre then amufe the fons of Spain, And ftill PitjAstte the Frenchman's game remain, Let Brag be left to Newgate's broken crew, -' : . .. To children Commerce, and to footmen L-a ; While ev'ry Briton, who to manly fenfe, To tafte or breeding has the Icaft pretence, H fportive hours, to Whtjl alone confine, And other paftims all for this refigtts. 2o the Editor of the Hee. Sir, The mclofed I many years ago tore out of a magazine, and have always intended fending it to fome public paper. I am certain that h has been written by Dr. Johnfon. I need not tell a judg like you that it is excellent. It has efcaped all his collectors, and...« less