Freshet or purling brook, of shell or fin, lemn stood With fruits and flowers from Amalthea's horn, And ladies of the Hesperides, that secm'd Of fairy damsels met in forest wide By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore ; And all the while harmonious airs were heard Of chiming strings or charming pipes, and winds 345 Freshet] Brown B. Past. b. ii. s. 3. (1616.) 'Now love the freshet, and then love the sea.' Todd. 347 Lucrine] Hor. Epod. ii. 49. 'Non me Lucrina juverint conchylia ;' and Sat. ii. iv. 32. Dunster. 345 350 355 360 349 diverted] In the latter sense, 'turn aside;' so Drayton's Owle, 1604. 'Holla! thou wandering infant of my braine, Whither thus flingst thou; yet divert thy strayne; Todd. 353 Ganymed] A train of sleek, smooth, beauteous youths ap pear'd, The Ganymedes and Hylasses.' Mountford's Henry II. act iv. sc. 1. Of gentlest gale Arabian odours fann'd From their soft wings, and Flora's earliest smells. What doubts the Son of God to sit and eat? 366 370 375 All these are spirits of air, and woods, and springs, To whom thus Jesus temperately replied. And who withholds my power that right to use? 380 Shall I receive by gift what of my own, When and where likes me best, I can command? I can at will, doubt not, as soon as thou, 385 flights] Hamlet, act v. sc. 6. 'And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.' Newton. 385 385 ministrant] Cic. Tusc. Disp. 1. c. 26. Non ambrosia Deos, aut nectare, aut juventute pocula ministrante;' and Ov. Met. x. 100. Dunster. And with my hunger what hast thou to do? And count thy specious gifts no gifts, but guiles. To whom thus answer'd Satan malecontent. That I have also power to give, thou seest. If of that power I bring thee voluntary 390 What I might have bestow'd on whom I pleas'd, 395 And rather opportunely in this place Chose to impart to thy apparent need, Why should'st thou not accept it? but I see 400 Of these things others quickly will dispose, that Both table and provision vanish'd quite With sound of Harpies' wings and talons heard; By hunger, that each other creature tames, For no allurement yields to appetite, And all thy heart is set on high designs, 391 no gifts] Sophocl. Ajax. 675, Εχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κ' ουκ ὀνήσιμα. Newton. 405 410 401 far-fet] 'fet,' ' far-fetched,' used by Chaucer, Spenser, &c. see Newton's note. 403 Harpies] Hark! how the Harpies' wings resound.' Al. Ross Mel Heliconium, p. 64. 404 importune] Spenser, F. Q. i. xii. 16. 'And often blame the too importune fate.' Newton. High actions; but wherewith to be achieved? 415 420 Longer than thou can'st feed them on thy cost? Money brings honour, friends, conquest, and realms. What rais'd Antipater the Edomite, 430 And his son Herod plac'd on Judah's throne, 435 440 So many ages, and shall yet regain For I esteem those names of men so poor 450 The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare, more apt Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise. 455 Riches and realms? yet not, for that a crown, Brings dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights To him who wears the regal diadem, 461 When on his shoulders each man's burden lies; His honour, virtue, merit, and chief praise, 465 470 |