 | Miscellanies (1785) |  |
MAN dragg'd the splendid stranger first to view,
And, like a meteor, round the world it flew,
A ready welcome from the world it found,
And Phœbus hail'd the Phœnix from the ground.
Immediate wonder seiz'd the circling crowd,
But chief Europa to her idol bow'd,
Her bark, her car, with emblems gilded o'er
The homage spread from ocean to the shore;
Attractive Gold obsequious votaries drew,
Till useful fondness into dotage grew.
And, like a meteor, round the world it flew,
A ready welcome from the world it found,
And Phœbus hail'd the Phœnix from the ground.
Immediate wonder seiz'd the circling crowd,
But chief Europa to her idol bow'd,
Her bark, her car, with emblems gilded o'er
The homage spread from ocean to the shore;
Attractive Gold obsequious votaries drew,
Till useful fondness into dotage grew.
| Miscellanies (1785) | |