1S05.] Epigrams, Fragments, ^c.frcm the Greek. 



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5. The words '• within us," if con- 

 neftcd only with mind, are idie and Hiper- 

 fluous. The mind is nece'rarily and al- 

 ways within us. But if, and this can 

 alone account for their cccuirence, they 

 •were inrended as a modirier of ti.e entire 

 phrafe, an adverb, as it were, to the 

 whole ftiiience, our fenliiiicns are then 

 placeii vvithin us, wiiich is hcth falfe anl 

 abfurd ; fenfation, bydefii'.i in, implying 

 contaft with the ex'errial world. 



Such is thr lininteliigible, (he nonfen- 

 /ical jargon of this vaunted dcfi:iilior. — 

 The Inquirer does not think lb lowly of 

 Locke as to believe him the author of it : 

 nor is he convinced that this pretended 

 quotation can nt ai; be found in thofe edi- 

 tions of the " Eir^y concerning Humaa 

 Underttaiiding" which appeare.l during 

 the author's life-time. The paff^ge mull 

 be a wanton forgery (not of Mr. Liffr, — 

 he is incapable of the diringenuous ac- 

 tion !) of fome hzy corapolitor, wi^oufeJ 

 reaJy-fet words, without caring for their 

 cohefionor llgnificance. They are at bed 

 worthy of an Alexandrian Fhtonift la- 

 bouring' to incu]c3te the contradicliors of 

 niyliicilrn under the name of philofophy. 

 Yet this though: lefs jumble of terms, this 

 confufed puddle of phrafes, Mr. LcfFt 

 ftoops to admire, — ftoops iowtr ftii), to 

 vindicate. Let him go into the church 

 and preconize the Trinity, thit would not 

 be a Viler occupation ! h is loon .nfier 

 <)iiotinE; this very dirfinition of r2flr:ftion 

 that Mr.LofFt adds : " Tne term uicd by 

 Locke is therefore at once the moll com- 

 plete a.'id thi: molt corrert." 



It cannot be necctTary to cor.tinue c.m- 

 inenting on fuchloj-ic. 



For the MoKfhly May^azine. 



iPlGRAMS, FRAGMtNrs, and FUGI- 

 TIVE pitCEs, from the cjreek. — 

 {Continued from page 24. of our lajl 

 Number.) 



NO. V. 



'£f «Ta y.5tm hyj'i . A N A c, 



Spirat adhuc amor, 

 Vivuritque comTnifTi calores 

 Aioliae tidibus puella. Hor. 



IN the earlieft ages of Gr ece, and with 

 the firildann of civil zaticn, ilieado- 

 . ration ol the gods, ami the prsilirs of he- 

 tots, the impcrieil lights which a ru 'e 

 and inegiii.ir luivey had call upon t!ie 

 '■•^'itksol ii.itur.-, till; fnnple and unlbpiiif- 

 ' ' ateil di,6liinci of a morality deduced 

 'loin natural realign, or founded on expe- 



rience (fuch as it was) of the Importance 

 of the locial duties which were inctilcattd, 

 — thele were the only fubjefts of the Mufe, 

 and were fur.g to ur.enlightened barba- 

 rians by venerable men, who combined in 

 themfelves the chsraiUrs and authorit'es 

 of the priell, the poet, and the philofopher. 

 Love, which fo univerfilly intpires the 

 bards of later ages as to make us natu- 

 rally inclined to imagine it the eaiiieft as 

 well as tiiemoft exttnfive n;ld of imigina- 

 tion and poetry, w.is, neverthelc'!^, at that 

 period, nt-thing but an appeti:e or paf- 

 fion, unconreifled with reafon, and fuf- 

 ceptibie of none of the elevaion of refine- 

 ment cr fer.timent. We have no account 

 of any poet who devoted his talents to 

 thij gentle and al'ui ing thsiTJc enilltr than 

 the 8th century before Chriil. Ir after- 

 wards became appropriated to the lyre, 

 and appears to have peivaded ths highell 

 and moll cckbrale.l of iho'e compoiitions 

 which wtre particularly ad ipttd to that 

 ancient fptcies of mi}lic, ?.nd dtr.vtd this 

 name fio.n that of the inftiument itCtlf. 



The lumber nine, from that of the 

 Mufes, has aUays been hell in particu- 

 lar veneration and elleem, and fetms to 

 beappiied to fiibjeiSls loniieiUd with poetry 

 with foaie peculiar dtgrre of aptncls and 

 propiicty. Thus we ba\e " nine earthly 

 Mul'ts" (of whom I fliall give foine ac- 

 count preftntly), an.l " niie lyrica' po- 

 ets" the diveiliry cf uh'jfe talen's ap- 

 pears to hi notill exjireffcd in feveral little 

 poems on the fubje6l prefcrved in the 

 " Antholo,'?ia." The following is by an 

 uncertain author, but appeared to me the 

 bell adapted to ttanllation. 



rtiiJapE, Maraaiv i£§ov ^a/j.a. 

 Oh facred voice of the Pierian choir, 



ln:rr.iirtal Pindar ! Oh enchanting air 

 Of fweet Bacchylides ! Oli raptuious lyre, 



M.ijcflic graces of the Lelbian fair ! 

 Mufe of Anacrcon, the gay, the young! 



Stefi.hovus, thy full Homerx ftrcam ! 

 Soft tlpgies by Cea's poet fuiig ! 

 Ptrfuafive ibycus, tliy glowing th°me ! 

 SworJ of Alcacus, that wi h tyrant's gore 



Glorioully painted, iift'ft thy point fo 

 high ' 

 Ye tuneful nightingales that dill deplore 



Y';ur .Mcm.in, prince of amoious potrfy ! 

 Oh yet impact fome breath of heavenly fiie 

 To hinri vviio venerates the Grecijn lyre ! 



']"lie poet who is lad noticed, was, as 

 is hcie iiiiplied, the earliell on itcoid *ho 

 <tevoted his Mufe to the Itivice of. love— 

 It m«y not be un^muiing, nor from th« 

 purpofe of this eliay, to gne fome ac- 

 couiil of this (lift of amorous bard^, and 

 0^2 afterwards 



