The Spectator Volume Iii Part 137

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'No amorous hero ever gave thee birth, Nor ever tender G.o.ddess brought thee forth: Some rugged rock's hard entrails gave thee form, And raging seas produced thee in a storm: A soul well suiting thy tempestuous kind, So rough thy manners, so untamed thy mind.'

(Pope).

247. HESIOD.

'Their untired lips a wordy torrent pour.'

248. TULL. Off. i. 16.

 

'It is a princ.i.p.al point of duty, to a.s.sist another most when he stands most in need of a.s.sistance.'

249. Frag. Vet. Poet.

'Mirth out of season is a grievous ill.'

250. HOR. 1 Ep. xvii. 3.

'Yet hear what an unskilful friend can say: As if a blind man should direct your way; So I myself, though wanting to be taught, May yet impart a hint that's worth your thought.'

251. VIRG. aen. vi. 625.

'--A hundred mouths, a hundred tongues, And throats of bra.s.s inspired with iron lungs.'

(Dryden).

252. VIRG. aen. ii. 570.

'Exploring every place with curious eyes.'

253. HOR. 1 Ep. ii. 76.

'I feel my honest indignation rise, When with affected air a c.o.xcomb cries, The work I own has elegance and ease, But sure no modern should presume to please.'

(Francis).

254. Frag. Vet. Poet.

'Virtuous love is honourable, but l.u.s.t increaseth sorrow.'

255. HOR. 1 Ep. lib. 1. ver. 36. _Imitated_.

'Know there are rhymes, which (fresh and fresh apply'd) Will cure the arrant'st puppy of his pride.'

(Pope).

256. HESIOD.

'Fame is an ill you may with ease obtain, A sad oppression, to be borne with pain.'

257. STOBaeUS.

'No slumber seals the eye of Providence, Present to every action we commence.'

258.

'Divide and rule.'

259. TULL.

'What is becoming is honourable, and what is honourable is becoming.'

260. HOR. 3 Ep. ii. 55.

'Years following years steal something every day, At last they steal us from ourselves away.'

(Pope).

261. Frag. Vet. Poet.

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