242 MEMOIRS OF 



The addrefs of the God to his Goddefi 

 is incomparably more elegant in the verfe 

 of Darwin than in the tranflation of Cow- 

 per, or even of Pope. Thus fays Cowper, 

 \vith all that cramp literality which hob- 

 bles through his verfion. 



Soon he accofted her, and thus inquir'd : 

 " Juno, what region feeking, haft thou left 

 " Th' Olympian fummit, and haft here arriv'd 

 " With neither fteeds nor chariot in thy train ?" 



POPE. 



Fix'd on her eyes he fed his eager look, 

 Then prefs'd her hand, and thus tranfported fpoke : 

 " Why comes my Goddefs from th' etherial Iky, 

 " And not her fteeds, and flaming chariot nigh ?*" 



DARWIN. 



Pierc d on his throne, the darting Thund'rer turns. 

 Melts with foft fighs, with kindling rapture burns j 

 Clafps her fair hand, and eyes, in fond amaze, 

 The bright Intruder with enamour'd gaze ; 

 " And leaves my Goddefs, like a blooming bride, 

 " The fanes of Argos, for the rocks of Ide j 

 M Her gorgeous palaces, and amaranth bos^crs, 

 " For clirT-top'd mountains, and aerial towers ?" 



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