IX. But hold, my Mufe, thy needlefs flight restrain, Unless, like him, thou couldft a verse indite : X. 'Tis want of genius that does more deny : 'Tis fear my praise fhould make your glory lefs. And therefore, like the modeft Painter, I Muft draw the veil, where I cannot express. HENRY GRAHME. To MR. DRYDE N. No undifputed Monarch govern'd yet With universal sway the realms of wit; Your Your mighty fway your great desert secures, While wishing Muses wait for your command. H. ST. JOHN. To MR. DR Y DE N, ON HIS VIRGIL. "TIS IS faid that Phidias gave fuch living grace You pafs'd that artist, Sir, and all his powers, What What Virgil lent, you pay in equal weight, 'Tis certain, were he now alive with us, And did revolving destiny constrain, To dress his thoughts in English o'er again, Himself could write no otherwife than thus. His old encomium never did appear So true as now; Romans and Greeks, fubmit. Something of late is in our language writ, More nobly great than the fam'd Iliads were. JA. WRIGHT. VIRGIL'S |