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fiftlefs fury. The latter of tliefe poets appears to have loved a woman 

 of great fpirit and accomplifhments ; but of a temper as violent as his 

 own. He feems to fpeak, with admiration of the former, with a de- 

 gree of awe and terror, of the ftormy burfts of the latter. 



Cum tibi prafertim Phtbut fua earmina donet, 

 Aoniamque libens Calliopea lyram, 

 Unica nee defit jucundis gratia verbis, 

 Omnia quccquc Vcnust qusque JUinenja probat. 



Phxhus on thee his darling ftrain bellows ; 



On thee the willing mufe th' Aoman lyre, 

 Tun'd by the graces ev'ry accent flows. 



Thine, Pallas^ gifts, with Cytherea'i fire. 



Hsec fed forma mei, pars eft extrema furoris. 

 Sunt majora quibus Baji perire juvat. 



Yet Bajfus, is her bright, her matchlefs frame. 

 The meaneft objeft of the boundlefs flame. 



Quantum quod poCto formose laltat laecho, 

 Egit ut evantes dux Ariadne choros. 

 El quantum ^olio cum tentat earmina plecSro, 

 Par Aganippeae ludere doda lyra:. 



'Tis thine, when virgins thrid the mazy dance, 

 'Tis thine, unrivall'd in the dance to move ; 



When o'er the lyre thy flying fingers glance, 

 It fpeaks, it thrills, it breathes the foul of love. 



Hasc tibi, contulerunt coeleflia munera Divi ; 

 Ha:c tibi, ne matrem forte dedifle putes. 

 Non, non humani funt partus talia dona, 

 Ifta decern menfes non peperere bona. 



The Gods, the Gods thefe heavenly gifts beftow'd; 



Nor from thy mother fuch endowments came. 

 No mortal birth fo bright a fpirit (how'd. 



Nor nine months tccn matur'd fo fair a frame. 



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