DR. DARWIN. 271 



Was loft, by Neptune's wild and foamy jaws 

 Swallow'd up quick ! The i ichlieft laden {hip 

 Of fpicy Ternate, or that, annual fent 

 To the Philippines o'er the fouthern main 

 From Acapulco, carrying marTy gold, 

 Were poor to this; freighted with hopeful youth 

 And beauty, and high courage undifmay'd 

 By mortal terrors j and paternal love, 

 Strong and unconquerable, even in death. 

 Alas ! they perifii'd all, all in ONE HOUR ! 



Refuming the principal fubjecT: of thefe 

 ftridures, we find the harmonic difcoveries 

 attributed to the aerial hand-maids. Their 

 miftrefs fuppofes them to have breathed 

 their grand and exquifite infpirations into 

 the ear of Handel; to wake the tones on 

 the fliell of Echo ; to melt in fweet chords 

 upon the Eolian harp ; and on the lips of 

 Cecilia to breathe the fong. Another 

 lovely picture arifes here, from an ancient 

 gem, Cupid on a Lion's back, playing on a 

 lute. 



The Goddefs proceeds to confider her 



Nymphs 



