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...gardens on the Efquiline hill at Rome. But ah ! Maecenas is yclad in clay, And great Auguftus long ygo is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead,...encouragement as Virgil met with ; and who adds, in a noble ftrain, that, if he had been encouraged, Thou kenft not, Percie, how the rime fhould rage ! O if my...

...quake his verse to hear. 60 . t. i . But ah ! Mccaenas is yclad in clay, And great Augustus long ygo is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead, That matter made for poets on to play : For aver who in derring-do were dread, 6 5 The lofty verse of hem was loved aye. But after- Vertue...

...Pallere, et vinum toto nefcire Dcftmbri! JuvENAl " But ah ! Mecenas is yclad in clay, And great Auguftta long ago is dead, And all the Worthies liggen wrapt in lead — The matter made for Poets on to play!" SPEKSIR. Que ma vue a Colbert infpiroit FAllegreffe! " With...

...Spenser has an allusion to these lines : / " But ah ! Maecenas is yclad in clay, " And great Augustus long ago is dead,. " And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead, " That matter made for poets on to play !" So fare the tuneful race. The HISTORIANS' pains Are, doubtless, recompens'd by ampler gains. More...

...• •' i, . • •» .-. . But ah ! Mecaenas is yclad in claye, fii And great Auguftus long ygoe is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead, That matter made for poets on to playe : For ever, who in derring-doe were dread, <55 The loftie verfe of hem was loved aye. But after...

...in the Shepherd's Calendar : ' But ah ! Mecaenas is yclad in claye, ' And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, ' And all the Worthies liggen wrapt in lead, ' That matter made for poets on to playe : ' For ever, who in derring-doe were dread, " The loftie verse of hem was loved aye." JEgl....

...Heavens did quake his verse to beare. But ah ! Mecsenas is yclad in claye, And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead, That matter made fur poets on to playe : For fiver, «ho in derring-doe were dread, The loftie verse of hem was loved...

...in the Shepherd's Calendar : " But ah ! Mqcaenas is yclad in claye, " And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, " And all the Worthies liggen wrapt in lead, " That matter made for poets on to playe : " For ever, who in derriug-doe were dread, * The luftie verse of hem was loved aye." JEgl....

...did quake his verse to heare. 60 But ah ! Meceenas is yclad in claye, And great Augustus long ygoe is dead, And all the worthies liggen wrapt in lead, That matter made for poets on to playe : For ever, who in derring-doe were dread, 65 The loftie verse of hem was loved aye. But after...