Volume Iii Part 137 (1/2)

'No amorous hero ever gave thee birth, Nor ever tender G.o.ddess brought thee forth: Some rugged rock's hard entrails gave thee form, And raging seas produced thee in a storm: A soul well suiting thy tempestuous kind, So rough thy manners, so untamed thy mind.'

(Pope).

247. HESIOD.

'Their untired lips a wordy torrent pour.'

248. TULL. Off. i. 16.

'It is a princ.i.p.al point of duty, to a.s.sist another most when he stands most in need of a.s.sistance.'

249. Frag. Vet. Poet.

'Mirth out of season is a grievous ill.'

250. HOR. 1 Ep. xvii. 3.

'Yet hear what an unskilful friend can say: As if a blind man should direct your way; So I myself, though wanting to be taught, May yet impart a hint that's worth your thought.'

251. VIRG. aen. vi. 625.

'--A hundred mouths, a hundred tongues, And throats of bra.s.s inspired with iron lungs.'

(Dryden).

252. VIRG. aen. ii. 570.

'Exploring every place with curious eyes.'

253. HOR. 1 Ep. ii. 76.

'I feel my honest indignation rise, When with affected air a c.o.xcomb cries, The work I own has elegance and ease, But sure no modern should presume to please.'

(Francis).