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ed the line-- 'Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,' and remembered he was not their author! He said he would have given ten pounds to have written 'Donochthead'--he would have given ten times ten, if, poor fellow! he had had them, to have written the 'Ode to Independence'--although, in his 'Vision of Liberty,' he has matched Smollett on his own ground." Grander lines than the one we have quoted above, and than the following-- "A goddess violated brought thee forth," are not to be found in literature. Round this last one, the whole ode seems to turn as on a pivot, and it alone had been sufficient to stamp Smollett a man of lofty poetic genius. SMOLLETT'S POEMS ADVICE: A SATIRE. ----Sed podice levi Caeduntur tumidae, medico ridente, mariscae. O proceres! censore opus est, an haruspice nobis? JUVENAL. ----Nam quis Peccandi finem posuit sibi? quando recepit Ejectum semel atterita de fronte ruborem? _Ibid._ POET. Enough, enough; all this we knew before; 'Tis infamous, I grant it, to be poor: And who, so much to sense and glory lost, Will hug the curse that not one joy can boast? From the pale hag, oh! could I once break loose, Divorced, all hell should not re-tie the noose! Not with more care shall H-- avoid his wife, Nor Cope[1] fly swifter, lashing for his life, Than I to leave the meagre fiend behind. FRIEND. Exert your talents; Nature, ever kind, 10 Enough for happiness bestows on all; 'Tis Sloth or Pride that finds her gifts too small. Why sleeps the Muse?--is there no room for praise, When such bright constellations blaze? When sage Newcastle[2], abstinently great, Neglects his food to cater for the state; And Grafton[3], towering Atlas of the throne, So well rewards a genius like his own: Granville and Bath[4] illustrious, need I name, For sober dignity, and spotless fame; 20 Or Pitt, the unshaken Abdiel yet unsung: Thy candour, Chomdeley! and thy truth, O Younge! POET. The advice is good; the question only, whether These names and virtues ever dwelt together? But what of that? the more the bard shall claim, Who can create as well as cherish fame. But one thing more,--how loud must I repeat, To rouse the engaged attention
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