Ecce fpectaculum dignum, ad quod refpiciat, intentus operi fuo, Deus! Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna compofitus! Non video, inquam, quid habeat in terris Jupiter pulchrius, fi convertere animum velit, quàm ut fpecter Catonem, jam parti bus non femel fractis, nihilominus inter ruinas publicas erectum. Sen. de Divin. Prov. D 3 VER SES To the AUTHOR of the TRAGEDY of CATO. W HILE you the fierce divided Britons awe, While envy is itself in wonder loft, And factions strive who shall applaud you most ; Who hopes himself, not you, to recommend, Soon will that die, which adds thy name to mine; RICHARD STEEL E. * Tender Husband, dedicated to Mr. Addison. D 4 Though TH Hough Cato fhines in Virgil's epic song, On Tiber's banks thy thought was first inspir'd, 'Tis done-the hero lives, and charms our age! That That fure the Sibyls books this year foretold, Rome, turn thy mournful eyes from Afric's fhore, ་ An ifle remote his monument fhall rear, And ev'ry gen'rous Briton pay a tear.' J. HUGHES. What do we fee! is Cato then become A greater name in Britain than in Rome? Raise in your foul a pure immortal flame, Adorn your life, and confecrate your fame; And Cafar fought, and Cato bled for you. |