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

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

Come then, my Friend! my Genius! come along,
O Master 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 Enthufiafm, which, at the fame Time, melts and inflames:

Teach me, like thee, in various nature wife,
To fall with dignity, with temper rife,
Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe ;
Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease,
Intent to reafon, or polite to please.

3. A certain elegant Formation and Ordonance of Figures: O! while along the ftream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame,

Say, fhall my little bark attendant fail,
Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale!

4. A fplendid Diction:

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When statesmen, heroes, kings, in dust repose,
Whofe 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. 1. Πρῶτον μὲν και κράτισον τὸ περὶ τὰς νοήσεις ἀδρεπήβολον. 2. Δεύτερον δὲ τὸ σφοδρὸν ἢ ἐνθεσιαςικὸν πάθω. 3. Ποιὰ τῶν σχημάτων πλάσις.

4.

Ἡ γενναῖα φράσις. 5. Πέμπτη δὲ μεγέθος αἰτία, και συγκλείσα τὰ πρὸ ἑαυτῆς ἁπανία, ἡ ἐν ἀξιώματι η διάρσει σύνθεσις,

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

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

Say, fhall my little bark attendant fail,

Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?

380

385

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

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 fifthly, which includes in itself all the reft, a Weight and Dignity in the Compofition:

Shew'd erring Pride whatever is, is RIGHT;

That REASON, PASSION, answer 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.