N LIBER IV. O DE IX. E forte credas interitura, quae Longe fonantem natus ad Aufidum Non ante vulgatas per artes Verba loquor focianda chordis ; Non, fi priores Maeonius tenet Sedes Homerus, Pindaricae latent Ceaeque, et Alcaei minaces Stefichorique graves Camenae : Nec, fi quid olim lufit Anacreon, Delevit aetas: fpirat adhuc amor, Vivuntque commiffi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae. Part of the NINTH ODE L Of the FOURTH BOOK. EST you should think that verse shall die, Taught, on the wings of Truth to fly Tho' daring Milton fits fublime, Sages and Chiefs long fince had birth Ere Cæfar was, or Newton nam'd; These rais'd new Empires o'er the Earth, And Thofe, new Heav'ns and Systems fram'd. Vain was the Chief's, the Sage's pride! |