DR. DARWIN. 



Nothing can be more confufed and un-* 

 happy than the language of this paflage. 

 It is left doubtful whether it is the fires 

 that are blazing, or the river that by re- 

 flection blazes ; and, " the bank between," 

 is ftrange language for " between the 

 banks." Chewing feems below the dig- 

 nity of heroic verfe, and the compound 

 epithet golden-thron'd, fine in itfelf, is 

 ruined as to effecl, by clofing the line when 

 its fubftantive begins the next, Obferve 

 how exempt from all thefe faults is Pope's 

 tranflation of the fame paragraph, 



So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, 

 And lighten glimmering Zanthus with their rays. 

 The long reflection of the diftant fires 

 Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the fpires. 

 A thoufand piles the dufky horrors gild, 

 And fhoot a (hady luftre o'er the field. 

 Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, 

 Whofe umber'd arms, by fits, thick flafhes fend. 

 Loud neigh the courfers o'er their heaps of corn, 

 ardent warriors wait the rifing morn. 



Poetry 



