The centre mov'd, a circle ftrait fucceeds,
Another still, and ftill another spreads;
Friend, parent, neighbour, firft it will embrace;
His country next; and next all human race;
Wide and more wide, th'o'erflowings of the mind
Take ev'ry creature in, of ev'ry kind;
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Earth smiles around, with boundless bounty bleft,
And Heav'n beholds its image in his breast.
Come then, my Friend! my Genius! come along; Oh mafter of the poet, and the fong!
VER. 373. Come then, my friend! &c.] in the MS. thus,
And now transported o'er so vast a Plain,
While the wing'd courfer flies with all her rein,
απέντε πηγαί τινές εἰσιν τ ̓ ἐψηγορίας. 1. Πρῶτον μὲν καὶ κράτισον τὸ περὶ τὰς νοήσεις ἀδρεπήβολον. 2. Δεύτερον δὲ τὸ σφοδρὸν καὶ ἐνθε σιαςικὸν πάθω. 3. Ποιὰ τῶν σχημάτων πλάσις. 4. Ἡ γενναῖα φράσις. 5. Πέμπτη δὲ μεγέθες αἰτία, και συγκλείεσα τὰ πρὸ ἑαυτῆς ἅπανία, ἡ ἐν εἰξιώματι καὶ διάρσει σύνθεσις.
And while the Mufe now ftoops, or now afcends,
To Man's low paffions, or their glorious ends,
While heav'n-ward now her mounting wing fhe feels,
Now scatter'd fools fly trembling from her heels,
Wilt thou, my St John! keep her course in fight,
Confine her fury and affift her flight?
Come then, my Friend! my Genius! come along,
O Mafter of the Poet, and the Song!
And while the Mufe now ftoops, and now afcends,
To Man's low paffions, or their glorious ends,
2. The Second, that Pa- | the fame Time, melts and thetic Enthufiafm, which, at
Teach me, like thee, in various nature wife,
To fall with dignity, with temper rife,
Form'd by thy converfe, happily to feer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe ;
Correct with fpirit, eloquent with Eafe,
Intent to reafon, or polite to please.
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,
Purfue the triumph, and partake the gale!
4. A fplendid Diction:
When ftate femen, heroes, kings, in duft repofe,
Whofe fons fhall blush their fathers were thy foes,
Shall then this verse to future age pretend
Thou wert my guide, philofopher, and friend?
Teach me, like thee, in various nature wife,
To fall with dignity, with temper rise;
Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to fevere;
Correct with fpirit, eloquent with ease,
Intent to reason, or polite to please.
Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name
Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame,
Say, fhall my little bark attendant fail,
Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?
When statesmen, heroes, kings, in dust repose,
Whose fons fhall blush their fathers were thy foes,
Shall then this verse to future age pretend
Thou wert my guide, philofopher, and friend? 390
That urg'd by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art
From founds to things, from fancy to the heart;
That, urg'd by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art,
From founds to things, from fancy to the heart;
For Wit's falfe mirror held up Nature's light ;
5. And fifthly, which in- a Weight and Dignity in cludes in itself all the reft, the Compofition:
Shew'd erring Pride whatever is, is RIGHT;
That REASON, PASSION, answer one great AIM;
That true SELF-LOVE and SOCIAL are the SAME;
That VIRTUE only makes our BLISS below;
And all our Knowledge is OURSELVES TO KNOW?
For Wit's falfe mirror held up Nature's light;
Shew'd erring Pride, WHATEVER IS, IS RIGHT;
That REASON, PASSION, anfwer one great aim; 395
That true SELF-LOVE and SOCIAL are the fame;
That VIRTUE only makes our Bliss below;
And all our Knowledge is, OURSELVES TO KNOW.
VER. 397. That Virtue only, &c.] in the MS. thus, That juft to find a God is all we can,
And all the Study of Mankind is Man.
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