The Poetical Works of Sir William Alexander Earl of Stirling: Edited by L. E. Kastner ... and H. B. Charlton |
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[Like Sophocles (the hearers in a trance)]
Like Sophocles (the hearers in a trance)With Crimson Cothurne, on a stately Stage,
If thou march forth (where all with pomp doth glance)
To mone the Monarchs of the worlds first Age:
Or if like Phœbus thou thy Selfe advance;
All bright with sacred Flames, known by Heavens Badge,
To make a Day, of Dayes which scornes the Rage:
Whilst, when they end, it, what should come, doth Scance.
Thy Phœnix-Muse still wing'd with Wonders flyes,
Praise of our Brookes, Staine to old Pindus Springs,
And who thee follow would, scarce with their eyes
Can reach the Spheare where thou most sweetly sings.
Though string'd with Starres, Heavens, Orpheus Harpe enrolle,
More worthy Thine to blaze about the Pole.
William Drummond.
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