Amid her kindred stars familiar roam, Ye facred Nine! that all my foul poffefs, I feem thro' confecrated walks to rove, I hear foft mufic die along the grove : 265 Led by the found, I roam from shade to fhade, By god-like Poets venerable made : VER. 265. It flood thus in the MS. Methinks around your holy fcenes I rove, IMITATIONS. VER. 259. O qui me gelidis, etc. Virg. Here his first lays majestic DENHAM fung; There the laft numbers flow'd from CowLEY'S tongue. 270 O early loft! what tears the river shed, Since fate relentless stop'd their heav'nly voice, No more the forefts ring, or groves rejoice; 276 Who now shall charm the shades, where CowLEY ftrung His living harp, and lofty DENHAM fung? VER. 273. VARIATIONS. What fighs, what murmurs, fill'd the vocal fhore! NOTES. VER. 270. There the laft numbers flow'd from Cowley's tongue.] Mr. Cowley died at Chertfey on the borders of the Foreft, and was from thence convey'd to Westminster. P. To fing those honours you deserve to wear, 295 Here noble SURREY felt the facred rage, SURREY, the GRANVILLE of a former age: 290 Matchless his pen, victorious was his lance, Bold in the lifts, and graceful in the dance: In the fame shades the Cupids tun'd his lyre, To the fame notes, of love, and foft defire: Fair Geraldine, bright object of his vow, Then fill'd the groves, as heav'nly Mira now. Oh would'ft thou fing what heroes Windsor bore, What kings first breath'd upon her winding fhore, Or raife old warriours, whose ador'd remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth contains! 300 With Edward's acts adorn the fhining page, Stretch his long triumphs down thro' ev'ry age, Draw monarchs chain'd, and Creffi's glorious field, The lilies blazing on the regal shield : VARIATIONS. VER. 288. her filver ftar.] All the lines that follow were not added to the poem till the year 1710. What immediately followed this, and made the conclufion, were thefe, My humble Mufe in unambitious strains Where I obfcurely pass my careless days, Pleas'd in the filent fhade with empty praife, Enough for me that to the lift'ning fwains First in these fields I fung the fylvan ftrains. P. NOTES. VER. 289. Here noble Surrey] Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, one of the first refiners of the English poetry; who flourish'd in the time of Henry VIII. P. VER. 301. Edward's acts] Edward III. born here. P. Then, from her roofs when Verrio's colours fall, And leave inanimate the naked wall, 306 Still in thy song should vanquish'd France appear, And bleed for ever under Britain's spear. Let fofter strains ill-fated Henry mourn, 310 And palms eternal flourish round his urn. The grave Make facred Charles's tomb for ever known, (Obscure the place, and un-inscrib'd the stone) Oh fact accurft! what tears has Albion shed, Heav'ns, what new wounds! and how her old have bled! VARIATIONS. VER. 305. Originally thus in the MS. 320 When Brafs decays, when Trophies lie o'er-thrown, VER. 319. Originally thus in the MS. Oh fact accurft! oh facrilegious brood, Sworn to Rebellion, principled in blood! Since that dire morn what tears has Albion shed, NOTES. VER. 309. Henry mourn] Henry VI. P. VER. 312. once-fear'd Edward fleeps :] Edward IV. P. 1 324 She faw her fons with purple death expire, VARIATIONS. VER. 325. Thus in the MS. Till Anna rofe and bade the Furies ceafe; Let there be peace-fhe faid, and all was Peace. Between Verfe 328 and 329, originally ftood thefe lines, From shore to fhore exulting fhouts he heard, |