'Audiit et Trivia longe lacus, audiit amnis Sulphurea Nar albus aqua, fontesque Velini, &c.' Ver. 273. [v. 516 ff.] The king of dykes, &c.] Fluviorum rex Eridanus, Ver. 285. Then sighing thus, And am I now Jireescore? &c.] -Fletque Milon senior, cum spectat inanes Herculeis similes, fluidos pendere lacertos.' Ovid [Met. xv. 229, 30]. Ver. 293. and call on Smedley lost; &c.] 'Alcides wept in vain for Hylas lost, Hylas, in vain, resounds thro' all the coast.' Lord Roscommon's Translat. of Virgil's Ecl. vI. Ver. 302. Not everlasting Blackmore] 'Nec bonus Eurytion prælato invidit honori, &c.' Virg. Æn. [vI. v. 44.] Ver. 329. Greater he looks, and more than mortal stares:] Virg. Æn. vi. of the Sibyl: Ver. 346. Thence to the banks, &c.] 'Tum canit errantem Permessi ad flumina Gallum, Utque viro Phoebi chorus assurrexerit omnis; Ut Linus hæc illi divino carmine pastor, Floribus atque apio crines ornatus amaro, Dixerit, Hos tibi dant calamos, en accipe, Musæ, Ascræo quos ante seni &c.' [Virg. Ecl. vi. vv. 64 ff.] Ver. 380, 381. The same their talents...Each prompt &c.] 'Ambo florentes ætatibus, Arcades ambo, Et certare pares, et respondere parati.' Virg. Ecl. vII. [vv. 4, 5.] Ver. 382. And smit with love of Poetry and Prate.] 'Smit with the love of sacred song.' Milton [Par. Lost, Bk. III. v. 29]. Ver. 384. The heroes sit, the vulgar form a ring;] 'Consedere duces, et vulgi stante corona.' Ovid, Met. XIII. [v. 1.] Ver. 410. d'er all the sea of heads.] 'A waving sea of heads was round me spread, And still fresh streams the gazing deluge fed.' Blackm. Job. Ver. 418. And all was hush'd, as Folly's self lay dead.] Alludes to Dryden's verse in the Indian Emperor [Act III. Sc. 2. v. 1]; 'All things are hush'd, as Nature's self lay dead.' BOOK III. Ver. 7, 8. Hence from the straw where Bedlam's Prophet nods, He hears loud Oracles, and talks with Gods:] 'Et varias audit voces, fruiturque deorum furens antro se immisit aperto.' Ver. 23. Here, in a dusky vale &c.] Seclusum nemus... Lethæumque domos placidas qui prænatat amnem,' &c. Hunc circum innumeræ gentes, &c.' Virg. Æn. vi. [vv. 703 ff.] Ver. 24. Old Bavius sits, to dip poetic souls,] Alluding to the story of Thetis dipping Achilles to render him impenetrable: 'At pater Anchises penitus convalle virenti Inclusas animas, superumque ad lumen ituras, Lustrabat.' Virg. Æn. vi. [vv. 679-81.] Ver. 28. unbar the gates of Light,] An Hemistic of Milton. Ver. 31, 32. Millions and millions-Thick as the stars, &c.] 'Quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad terram gurgite ab alto Quam multæ glomerantur aves, &c.' Ver. 54. bays,] Virg. Æn. vi. [vv. 309 ff.] Mix'd the Owl's ivy with the Poet's 'sine tempora circum Inter victrices hederam tibi serpere lauros.' Virg. Ecl. vIII. [vv. 12, 13.] Ver. 61, 62. For this our Queen unfolds to vision true Thy mental eye, for thou hast much to view:] This has a resemblance to that passage in Milton [Par. Lost], Book x1. [vv. 411 ff.] where the Angel 'To nobler sights from Adam's eye remov'd The film; Then purg'd with Euphrasie and Rue The visual nerve-for he had much to see.' There is a general allusion in what follows to that whole Episode. Ver. 117, 118. Happy!-had Easter never been!] 'Et fortunatam, si nunquam armenta fuissent.' Virg. Ecl. vi. [v. 45.] Ver. 127, 129. Now look thro' Fate!-See all her Progeny, &c.] 'Nunc age, Dardaniam prolem quæ deinde sequatur Gloria, qui maneant Itala de gente nepotes, Illustres animas, nostrumque in nomen ituras, Expediam.' Virg. Æn. vi. [vv. 756 ff.] Ver. 131. As Berecynthia, &c.] 'Felix prole virûm, qualis Berecynthia mater Invehitur curru Phrygias turrita per urbes, Læta deûm partu, centum complexa nepotes, Omnes cœlicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes.' Virg. Æn. vi. [vv. 784 ff.] Ver. 139. Mark first that Youth, &c.] 'Ille vides, pura juvenis qui nititur hasta, Proxima forte tenet lucis loca.' Virg. Æn. vi. [vv. 760, 1.] Ver. 141. With all thy Father's virtues blest, be born!] A manner of expression used by Virgil, Ecl. vIII. [v. 17.] 'Nascere! præque diem veniens, age, Lucifer.' As also that of patriis virtutibus, Ecl. IV. [v. 17.] It was very natural to shew to the Hero, before all others, his own Son, who had already begun to emulate him in his theatrical, poetical, and even political capacities. By the attitude in which he here presents himself, the reader may be cautioned against ascribing wholly to the Father the merit of the epithet Cibberian, which is equally to be understood with an eye to the Son. Ver. 145. From the strong fate of drams if thou get free,] 'si qua fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris!' Virg. Æn. VI. [vv. 882, 3.] Ver. 147. Thee shall each ale-house &c.] 'Te nemus Anguitiæ, vitrea te Fucinus unda, Te liquidi flevere lacus.' Virg. Æn. vIII. [vv. 759, 60.] Virgil again, Ecl. x. [v. 13.1 'Illum etiam lauri, illum flevere myricæ, &c.' Ver. 150. 'duo fulmina belli Scipiadas, cladem Libyæ!' Virg. Æn. vi. [vv. 842, 3.] Ver. 166. And makes Night hideous] 'Visit thus the glimpses of the moon, Making Night hideous.' Shakesp. [Hamlet, Act 1. Sc. 4.] Ver. 169. Flow, Welsted, flow! &c.] Parody on Denham, Cooper's Hill. 'O could I flow like thee, and make thy 'Euryalus, forma insignis viridique juventa, Nisus amore pio pueri.' Virg. Æn. v. (vv. 295, 6.] Ver. 185. But who is he, &c.] Virg. Æn.vi [vv. 808 ff.] questions and answers in this manner," of Numa: 'Quis procul ille autem ramis insignis olivæ, Sacra ferens?-nosco crines, incanaque menta, &c.' Ver. 224. Learn ye Dunces! not to scorn your God.] 'Discite justitiam moniti, et non temnere divos.' Virg. [Æn. vI. v. 620.] Ver. 244. And other planets] 'solemque suum, sua sidera norunt.' Virg. Æn. vi. [v. 641.] Ver. 246. Whales sport in woods, and dolphins in the skies;] 'Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum' Hor. [de Arte Poet. v. 30.] Ver. 251. Son? what thou seek'st is in thee:] '(Quod petis in te est) Ne te quæsiveris extra.' Pers. [Sat. 1. v. 7. The first part of this seems to be loosely quoted from Hor. Lib. 1. Epist. xI. v. 29.] Ver. 256. Wings the red lightning, &c.] Like Salmoneus in Æn. VI. [vv. 586, 590, 1.] 'Dum flammas Jovis, et sonitus imitatur Olympi.' 'Nimbos, et non imitabile fulmen, Ære et cornipedum cursu simularat equorum Ver. 258. d'er all unclassic ground:] Alludes to Mr Addison's verse, in the praises of Italy: 'Poetic fields encompass me around,' And still I seem to tread on classic ground' [Letter from Italy to Lord Halifax.] As v. 264 is a parody on a noble one of the same author in The Campaign; and v. 259, 260, on two sublime verses of Dr Young]. Ver. 319, 320. This, this is he, foretold by ancient rhymes, Th' Augustus, &c.] Hic vir, hic est! tibi quem promitti sæpius audis, Virg. Æn. vi. [vv. 791 ff.] Saturnian here relates to the age of Lead, mentioned book I. v. 26. Ver. 340. And thro' the Iv'ry Gate, &c.] 'Sunt geminæ Somni portæ; quarum altera fertur Cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, Sed falsa ad cœlum mittunt insomnia manes.' Virg. Æn. vi. [vv. 893 ff.] Book IV. Ver. 54. Joy to great Chaos!] 'Joy to great Cæsar.' The beginning of a famous old Song. Ver. 126. Admire new light &c.] 'The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light, through chinks that time has made.' Waller. [Lines On his Divine Poems.] Ver. 142. Dropping with infant's blood, &c.] "First Moloch, horrid King, besmear'd with blood Of human Sacrifice, and parents' tears.' Milton [Par. Lost, 1. vv. 392, 3]. Ver. 207. He, kingly, did but nod;] 'He, kingly, from his State Declin'd not.' Ver. 210. Milton [Par. Lost, XI. vv. 249, 50]. is Aristarchus yet unknown?] 'Sic notus Ulysses?' Virg. [Æn. II. v. 44.] 'Dost thou not feel me, Rome?' Ben. Jonson [first verse of Catiline]. Ver. 215. Roman and Greek Grammarians, &c.] Imitated from Propertius speaking of the Eneid. [Lib. 11. Eleg. xxv. vv. 65, 6.] 'Cedite, Romani scriptores, cedite Graii! Nescio quid majus nascitur Iliade.' Ver. 284. A dauntless infant never scar'd with God.] " sine Dis animosus Infans.' Hor. [Lib. 1. Od. IV. v. 20.] Ver. 332. So may the sons of sons &c.] 'Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.' Virg. [En. III. v. 98.] Ver. 405. Fair from its humble bed, &c. nam'd it Caroline! 'Each Maid cry'd, charming! and each Youth, divine! Now prostrate! dead! behold that Caroline: No Maid cries, charming! and no Youth, divine!' These Verses are translated from Catullus, Epith. [vv. 39 ff.] 'Ut flos in septis secretus nascitur hortis, Quam mulcent auræ, firmat Sol, educat imber, Multi illum pueri, maltæ optavere puellæ: Idem quum tenui carptus defloruit ungui, Nulli illum pueri, nullæ optavere puellæ, &c.' Ver. 421. Of all th' enamel'd race,] The poet seems to have an eye to Spenser, Muiopotmos. [vv. 17, 18.] 'Of all the race of silver-winged Flies Which do possess the Empire of the Air.' 'I started back, It started back; but pleas'd I soon return'd, Pleas'd it return'd as soon.' Milton [Par. Lost, IV. vv. 402, 3.] Ver. 518. Which whoso tastes, forgets his former friends, Sire, &c.] • Αὐτίκ ̓ ἄρ ̓ εἰς οἶνον βάλε φάρμακον, ἔνθεν ἔπινον Νηπενθές τ' ἀχολόν τε, κακῶν ἐπίληθον ἁπάντων. Homer of the Nepenthe, Odyss. IV. [vv. 220, 1.] Ver. 622. Virg. Æn. xI. 664, 5. Warburton. Ver. 637. As Argus' eyes, &c.] 'Et quamvis sopor est oculorum parte receptus, Parte tamen vigilat.' "Vidit Cyllenius omnes Succubuisse oculos, &c.' Ovid. Met. 1. [vv. 685, 6; 713, 4] BY THE AUTHOR A DECLARATION. 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