The Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus with the Elegies of Tyrtaeus, Translated from the Greek into English Verse. To which are Added, Dissertations and Notes. By the Rev. Richard Polwhele |
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XVII. On EPICHARMUS.
The Strain is in the Dorian Tongue:
Lo, Epicharmus!—from whose Genius sprung
Thy Numbers, Comic Muse!
O Bacchus, let this Image pass—
Tho' 'tis a Copy but of Brass,
The finish'd Semblance stands at Syracuse.
Lo, Epicharmus!—from whose Genius sprung
Thy Numbers, Comic Muse!
O Bacchus, let this Image pass—
Tho' 'tis a Copy but of Brass,
The finish'd Semblance stands at Syracuse.
And much the State their Poet owes;
For he had Stores of useful Wit for those
Who gave the just Reward:
Full many a Rule of Life he drew,
Still pointing to the Fair, the True,
The youthful Mind: High Favor crowns the Bard.
For he had Stores of useful Wit for those
Who gave the just Reward:
Full many a Rule of Life he drew,
Still pointing to the Fair, the True,
The youthful Mind: High Favor crowns the Bard.
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