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, And while the Mufe now ftoops, and now afcends, 2. The Second, that Pathetic Enthufiafm, which, at the fame Time, melts and inflames: Teach me, like thee, in various nature wife, 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, 4. A fplendid Diction: a When statesmen, heroes, kings, in dust repose, 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, Oh! while along the ftream of Time thy name Say, fhall my little bark attendant fail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale? 380 385 When statesmen, heroes, kings, in duft repose, Thou wert my guide, philofopher, and friend? 390 That, urg'd by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art, 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 REASON, PASSION, anfwer one great aim; 395 VARIATIONS. VER. 397. That Virtue only, etc.] in the MS. thus, And all the Study of Mankind is Man. |