How he before the thunderous throne doth lie, List'ning to what unshorn Apollo sings 3C 45 To th' touch of golden wires, while Hebe brings 50 Thou know'st it must be now thy only bent 55 To keep in compass of thy predicament: 36 thunderous] Jortin proposed thunderer's throne;' but see P. L. x. 702, thunderous clouds ;' and Sylvester's Du Rushing with thundrous roar.' Bartas, p. 420. Warton and Todd. 37 unshorn] Hor. Od. i. xxi. 2. 'Intonsum, pueri, dicite Cynthium.' And Pind. Pyth. Od. 40 watchful] iii. 26. Newton. Vigiles flammas.' Ov. Art. Am. iii. 463. 'Vigil flamma.' Trist. iii. v. 4. Warton. 52 sweet] Tasso, Gier. Lib. c. vi. st. 84. Giogo di servitu dolce e leggiero.' Du Bartas, p. 997. of my captivitie. Warton and Todd. 'The willing chains Then quick about thy purpos'd business come, Then ENs is represented as father of the Predicaments his ten sons, whereof the eldest stood for Substance with his canons, which ENs, thus speaking, explains. 60 Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth [still Yet there is something that doth force my fear, For once it was my dismal hap to hear 70 A Sibyl old, bow-bent with crooked age, 75 Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. And peace shall lull him in her flow'ry lap; 85 What pow'r, what force, what mighty spell, if not The next QUANTITY and QUALITY spake in prose; then RELATION was called by his name. RIVERS, arise; whether thou be the son Of utmost Tweed, or Oose, or gulphy Dun, 95 Or coaly Tine, or ancient hallow'd Dee, [The rest was prose.] 94 indented] Sylvester's Du Bartas, D. iii. W. 1. 'Our silver Medway which doth deepe indent The flowerie meadowes of my native Kent.' Warton. 98 hallow'd] holy Dee.' Randolph's Poems, p. 48, ed. 1640. Todd. 1 ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY. I. THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his father work us a perpetual peace. II. That glorious form, that light unsufferable, He laid aside; and here with us to be, Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay. III. Say, heav'nly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein is Afford a present to the Infant God? Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain, To welcome him to this his new abode, Now while the heav'n by the sun's team untrod, Hath took no print of the approaching light, 20 And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons bright? IV. See how from far upon the eastern road 25 And join thy voice unto the Angel quire, From out his secret altar touch'd with hallow'd fire. 19 sun's team] Henry IV. P. I. act iii. sc. 4. heavenlyharness'd team.' Todd. 23 star-led] The starre-led sages that would Christ behold.' Bancroft's Sec. B. of Epigrams, Ep. 228. Todd. Storer's Life of Wolsey, p. 21. When wise magicians wandered far awide To find the place of our Messiah's birth.' 23 wisards] Spenser's F. Q. iv. xii. 2. antique wisards.' i. iv. 12. and strong advizement of six wizards old!' Warton. The Syracusan wizard did invent.' Storer's Life of Wolsey, p. 12. And Fitz-Geffrey's Holy Raptures, p.37.17. |