And while the Mufe now ftoops, or now afcends,
To Man's low paffions, or their glorious ends,

1. The first and chief is a Grandeur and Sublimity of Concep

tion a.

Come then, my Friend! my Genius! come along,
O Mafter of the Poet, and the Song !

And while the Mufe now ftoops, and now afcends,
To Man's low paffions, or their glorious ends,

2. The Second, that Pathetic Enthusiasm, which, at the fame Time, melts and inflames :

Teach me, like thee, in various nature wife,
To fall with dignity, with temper rise ;
Form'd by thy converfe, happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to fevere ;
Correct with fpirit, eloquent with ease,
Intent to reason, or polite to please.

3.A certain elegant Formation and Ordonance of Figures;

O! while along the stream of Time thy name
Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame,
Say, fhall my little bark attendant fai!,
Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale!

4: A fplendid Diction:

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When statesmen, heroes, kings, in dust repose,
Whose fons fhall blush their fathers were thy foes,
Shall then this verfe to future age pretend

Thou wert my guide, philofopher, and friend?

πέντε πηγαί τινές εἰσιν τ ̓ ὑψηγορίας. τ. Πρῶτον μὲν καὶ κράτισον τὸ περὶ τὰς νοήσεις ἀδρεπήβολον. 2. Δεύτερον δὲ τὸ φο δρὸν καὶ ἐνθεσιαςικὸν πάθω. 3. Ποιὰ τῶν Οχημάτων πλάσις. 4. Η γενναῖα φράσις. 5. Πέμπτη δὲ μεγέθες αἰτία, και συγκλείσα τὰ πρὸ ἑαυτῆς ἅπανία, ἡ ἐν ἀξιώματι καὶ διάρσει σύνθεσις.

Teach me, like thee, in various nature wife,
To fall with dignity, with temper rife;

Form'd by thy converfe, happily to steer

From grave to gay,

from lively to fevere;

Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease,

Intent to reason, or polite to please.

Oh! while along the ftream of Time thy name
Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame;

Say, fhall

my little bark attendant fail,

Purfue the triumph, and partake the gale?

380

When statesmen, heroes, kings, in duft repose,
Whofe fons fhall blush their fathers were thy foes,
Shall then this verfe to future age pretend

385

Thou wert my guide, philofopher, and friend? 390
That, urg'd by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art
From founds to things, from fancy to the heart;
For Wit's falfe mirror held up Nature's light;
Shew'd erring Pride, WHATEVER IS, IS RIGHT;

That, urg'd by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art,
From founds to things, from fancy to the heart;
For Wit's falfe mirror held up Nature's light;

5. And fifibly, which includes in itself all the reft, a Weight and Dignity in the Composition :

Shew'd erring Pride, whatever is, is RIGHT;
That REASON, PASSION, anfwer one great AIM;
That true SELF-LOVE and SOCIAL are the SAME;
That VIRTUE only makes our BLISS below;
And all our Knowledge is, OURSELVES TO KNOW,

That REASON, PASSION, anfwer one great aim; 395

That true SELF-LOVE and SOCIAL are the fame;
That VIRTUE only makes our Bliss below;
And all our Knowledge is, OURSELVES TO KNOW.

VARIATIONS.

VER. 397. That Virtue only, etc.] in the MS. thus,

That juft to find a God is all we can,
And all the Study of Mankind is Man.

THE

UNIVERSAL

PRAYER.

DEO OPT. MAX.

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