The idylliums of Moschus and Bion Translated from the Greek. With annotations. To which is prefixed, An Account of their Lives; with some Remarks on their Works; and some Observations upon Pastoral. By Mr. Cooke |
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Idyllium IV.
[The sacred Nine not cruel Cupid fear]
The sacred Nine not cruel Cupid fear,His Steps they follow, and the God revere.
You who are Strangers to the Lover's Pain,
Can claim no Place in the Poetic Train;
Your bold Attempts at Verse are all in vain.
But you who dread, yet hug, the killing Dart,
And feel the Anguish of the pleasing Smart;
Whose softer Breasts burn with a generous Fire,
All blest in Song, successful strike the Lyre.
Certain Applause the Lover's Lays attends;
Love, and the Muses, they were always Friends.
Fain, in heroic Numbers, would I tell,
One nobly conquer'd, and he greatly fell;
This I'd have rais'd to an immortal Fame;
But no kind Muse to my Assistance came.
Then I begun with Lycidas, and Love;
The Muses smil'd, and all my Verse approve.
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