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Secure, beneath the shade of early rays,
He dar'd the thunder of great Homer's lays,
A sacred heat inform'd his heaving breast,
And Homer, in his genius, stood confest;
To heights sublime he rous'd the pond'rous lyre,
And our cold isle grew warm with Grecian fire.
He dar'd the thunder of great Homer's lays,
A sacred heat inform'd his heaving breast,
And Homer, in his genius, stood confest;
To heights sublime he rous'd the pond'rous lyre,
And our cold isle grew warm with Grecian fire.
Wit, ease, and life, in Prior blended flow,
Polite as Granville, soft as moving Rowe:
Granville! whose lays unnumber'd charms adorn,
Serene and sprightly as the opening morn:
Rowe! who the way to ev'ry passion knew,
And from our eyes call'd forth the kindly dew;
Still shall his gentle Muse our souls command,
Still our touch'd hearts avow his artful hand.
Polite as Granville, soft as moving Rowe:
Granville! whose lays unnumber'd charms adorn,
Serene and sprightly as the opening morn:
Rowe! who the way to ev'ry passion knew,
And from our eyes call'd forth the kindly dew;
Still shall his gentle Muse our souls command,
Still our touch'd hearts avow his artful hand.
Yet