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These now no more fhall be the Mufe's themes,

Loft in my fame, as in the fea their streams. 360
Let Volga's banks with iron fquadrons shine,

And
groves
of lances glitter on the Rhine,
Let barb'rous Ganges arm a fervile train;

Be mine the bleffings of a peaceful reign.
No more my fons shall die with British blood 365
Red Iber's fands, or Ifter's foaming flood:

Safe on my shore each unmolested fwain
Shall tend the flocks, or reap the bearded grain;
The shady empire shall retain no trace

Of war or blood, but in the fylvan chace;

370

The trumpet fleep, while chearful horns are blown,
And arms employ'd on birds and beafts alone."
Behold! th' ascending Villa's on my fide,

Project long fhadows o'er the crystal tide,
Behold! Augufta's glitt'ring fpires increase, 375
And Temples rife, the beauteous works of Peace.

VARIATIONS.

VER. 361. Originally thus in the MS.

Let Venice boaft her Tow'rs amidst the Main,
Where the rough Adrian fwells and roars in vain ;
Here not a Town, but spacious Realm shall have
A fure foundation on the rolling wave.

REMARKS.

·VER. 376. And Temples rife,] The fifty new Churches. P.

I fee, I fee, where two fair cities bend

Their ample bow, a new Whitehall ascend!
There mighty Nations shall enquire their doom,
The World's great Oracle in times to come; 380
There Kings shall sue, and suppliant States be seen
Once more to bend before a BRITISH QUEEN.
Thy trees, fair Windfor! now fhall leave their
woods,

And half thy forefts rush into thy floods,
Bear Britain's thunder, and her Crofs difplay, 385
To the bright regions of the rifing day;

Tempt icy feas, where scarce the waters roll,
Where clearer flames glow round the frozen Pole ;

VARIATIONS.

VER. 383, etc. were originally thus,

Now fhall our fleets the bloody Cross display
To the rich regions of the rifing day,

Or those green ifles, where headlong Titan steeps
His hiffing axle in th' Atlantic deeps:

Tempt icy feas, etc. P.

REMARKS.

VER. 388. Where clearer flames glow round the frozen Pole.] The Poet is here recommending the advantages of commerce, and therefore the extremities of heat and cold are not represented in a forbidding manner: as again,

Or under fouthern fkies exalt their fails,

Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales.

But in the Dunciad, where the mifchief of Dulness is described, they are painted in all their inclemencies,

See round the Poles, where keener spangles shine,
Where fpices fmoke beneath the burning line.

These now no more fhall be the Mufe's themes,
Loft in my fame, as in the fea their streams. 360
Let Volga's banks with iron fquadrons fhine,
And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine,
Let barb'rous Ganges arm a fervile train;
Be mine the bleffings of a peaceful reign.
No more my
fons shall die with British blood 365
Red Iber's fands, or Ifter's foaming flood:
Safe on my fhore each unmolefted fwain
Shall tend the flocks, or reap the bearded grain;
The fhady empire fhall retain no trace

Of war or blood, but in the fylvan chace;

370

The trumpet fleep, while chearful horns are blown,
And arms employ'd on birds and beafts alone."
Behold! th' afcending Villa's on my fide,

Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide,
Behold! Augufta's glitt'ring fpires increafe, 375
And Temples rife, the beauteous works of Peace.

VARIATIONS.

VER. 361. Originally thus in the MS.

Let Venice boaft her Tow'rs amidst the Main,
Where the rough Adrian fwells and roars in vain;
Here not a Town, but fpacious Realm shall have
A fure foundation on the rolling wave.

REMARKS.

·VER. 376. And Temples rife,] The fifty new Churches. P.

I fee, I fee, where two fair cities bend

Their ample bow, a new Whitehall afcend!
There mighty Nations shall enquire their doom,
The World's great Oracle in times to come; 380
There Kings thall fue, and suppliant States be seen
Once more to bend before a BRITISH QUEEN.
Thy trees, fair Windfor! now shall leave their
woods,

And half thy forests rush into thy floods,
Bear Britain's thunder, and her Crofs difplay, 385
To the bright regions of the rifing day;
Tempt icy feas, where scarce the waters roll,
Where clearer flames glow round the frozen Pole;

VARIATIONS.

VER. 383, etc. were originally thus,

Now fhall our fleets the bloody Cross display

To the rich regions of the rifing day,

Or those green ifles, where headlong Titan steeps
His hiffing axle in th' Atlantic deeps:

Tempt icy feas, etc. P.

REMARK S.

VER. 388. Where clearer flames glow round the frozen Pole.] The Poet is here recommending the advantages of commerce, and therefore the extremities of heat and cold are not reprefented in a forbidding manner: as again,

Or under fouthern fkies exalt their fails,

Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales.

But in the Dunciad, where the mifchief of Dulness is defcribed, they are painted in all their inclemencies,

See round the Poles, where keener Spangles fhine,
Where fpices fmoke beneath the burning line.

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