Where your 56 Had ye been there-for what could that have done? 60 When by the rout that made the hideous roar, Or with the tangles of Neæra's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) 71 55 wizard] on the wizard stream of Deva, consult Warton's note. 68 swift] Vir. En. 1. 317. 'Volucremque fuga prævertitur Hebrum.' Warton 69 tangles] Benlowes's Theophila, p. 2. 'Entangled thoughts in the trammels of their ambush hair.' Greene's never too late, 'Entangle men in their tresses.' p. 58. Shirley's Doubtful Heir, p. 36. G. Peele's Works, ed. Dyce, 1829, i. p. 17. ii. p. 11. 70 Fame] Quasi hic subesset ingens Cupido gloriæ quæ etiam sapientibus novissima exuitur.' Strada Prelu. p. 161. ed. Ox. To scorn delights, and live laborious days; 74 Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies; 80 But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heav'n expect thy meed. 84 O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown'd with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood; But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea 74 blaze] So P. Reg. iii. 47. 'For what is glory but the blaze of fame.' Warton. 75 blind] Spenser's R. of Rome, st. xxiv. 'If the blinde Furie which warres breedeth oft.' 77 touched] Virg. Ecl. vi. 3. Warton. -Cynthius aurem Vellit, et admonuit. 79 foil] See Shakes. Henry IV. act i. s. 2. Peck. Warton. 85 fountain] Hom. Od. xiii. 408. Kρývn 'Apevovon. Virg. Ecl. x. 4. En. iii. 694. Warton. 87 higher] 'I'll tune my reed unto a higher key.' Browne's Brit. Past. iv. 41. That came in Neptune's plea; 90 He ask'd the waves, and ask'd the felon winds, And sage Hippotades their answer brings, Built in th' eclipse, and rigg'd with curses dark, 95 100 105 Next Camus, reverend sire, went footing slow, His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim, and on the edge Like to that sanguine flow'r inscrib'd with woe. Ah! Who hath reft (quoth he) my dearest pledge? Last came, and last did go, The pilot of the Galilean lake; 98 question'd] 'And question'd each wind that came that way.' Beaumont's Psyche, C. xviii. st. 56. 96 Hippotades] Eolus, the son of Hippotas, Hom. Od. x. 2. Ap. Rh. iv. 819. Ovid. Ep. ex Ponto, iv. x. 15, and elsewhere. Warton. 99 Panope] Alciphron Ep. lib. i. xix. 74. ed. Bergler. 108 reverend] 'One brought a reverend syre!' Whiting's Albino and Bellama, p. 5. 109 Galilean] 'Who on the troubled Galilean Lake.' Hen. More's Poems, p. 322. Two massy keys he bore of metals twain, (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain) 110 He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake; How well could I have spar'd for thee, young swain, Enow of such as for their bellies' sake 115 Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold? A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least And when they list their lean and flashy songs Beaumont's Psyche, c. xvi. st. 140, and 141. 110 keys] Fletcher's Purple Island, c. vii. 62. 'Not in his lips, but hands two keys he bore, Heaven's doors and Hell's to shut and open wide.' and Dante Paradiso, v. 57. E della chiave.' 115 climb] Crept into the fold.' Prose Works, ii. 381, ed. Symmons. 121 herdman's] Milton writes it 'herdsman,' in his MS. 'Herdman,' is used in our transl. of the Bible, Amos i. 1. Todd. 125 Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw, 180 Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread; 124 Grate] Virg. Ecl. iii. 26. solebas Stridenti miserum stipulâ disperdere carmen.' Newton. 125 sheep] See Past. Egl. by L. B. ver. 130, on Sir P. Sidney's death. 'Unhappie flock! that wander scattred now, 180 two-handed] Yet, maie the ax stande next the dore.' Sir T. Smith's Psalms. Restituta. iv. 189. 186 use] i. e. frequent, inhabit. Spens. F. Q. Introd. b. vi. st. 2. 'In these strange waies, where never foote did use.' Newton. |