Familiar letters and poems on several occasions By Mary Masters |
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To the Rt Hon. Lady Viscountess IRWIN, on her Poem call'd Castle Howard.
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Familiar letters and poems on several occasions | ||
To the Rt Hon. Lady Viscountess IRWIN, on her Poem call'd Castle Howard.
Had
Homer liv'd in these our Times,
The Bard his Lyre had strung,
And giv'n great Carlisle's Seat in Rhymes,
And Troy had left un-sung.
The Bard his Lyre had strung,
And giv'n great Carlisle's Seat in Rhymes,
And Troy had left un-sung.
The Mantuan
Poet too had chose,
To Sing in mighty Strains,
Of Castle Howard, for his Muse,
Had scorn'd the Elysian Plains.
To Sing in mighty Strains,
Of Castle Howard, for his Muse,
Had scorn'd the Elysian Plains.
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Or now had Ovid liv'd again,
(To see himself outdone;)
He had describ'd by Howard's Plan,
The Palace of the Sun.
(To see himself outdone;)
He had describ'd by Howard's Plan,
The Palace of the Sun.
But wisely Phœbus and the Nine,
Preferr'd the softer Strain;
The glorious Task great Irwin's thine,
For they had wrote in vain.
Preferr'd the softer Strain;
The glorious Task great Irwin's thine,
For they had wrote in vain.
Thee Ovid's softer Notes inspire,
(Soft Notes to him belong)
While Virgil's Fancy, Homer's Fire,
Illustrate Howard's Song.
(Soft Notes to him belong)
While Virgil's Fancy, Homer's Fire,
Illustrate Howard's Song.
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Thy lively Genius, Irwin, shows,
How Verse may yet improve;
Thy ev'ry Line harmonious flows,
And those who read must love.
How Verse may yet improve;
Thy ev'ry Line harmonious flows,
And those who read must love.
S.
Familiar letters and poems on several occasions | ||