The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Warton ... Fifth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. To which are now added Inscriptionum Romanarum Delectus, and An Inaugural Speech As Camden Professor of History, never before published. Together with Memoirs of his Life and Writings; and Notes, Critical and Explanatory. By Richard Mant |
 | I, II. |
|
|
|
HORACE, Book iii. Od. 18.
|
|
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| VIII. |
| IX. |
| X. |
|
| XI. |
| XII. |
| XIII. |
| XIV. |
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| VIII. |
| IX. |
| XV. |
| XVI. |
| XVII. |
| XVIII. |
| XIX. |
| XX. |
| XXI. |
| XXII. |
| XXIII. |
|
| I. |
| II. |
| III. |
| IV. |
| V. |
| VI. |
| VII. |
| VIII. |
| IX. |
|
|
 | The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Warton |  |
117
HORACE, Book iii. Od. 18.
AFTER THE MANNER OF MILTON.
Faunus, who lov'st to chase the light-foot Nymphs,
Propitious guard my fields and sunny farm,
And nurse with kindly care
The promise of my flock.
Propitious guard my fields and sunny farm,
And nurse with kindly care
The promise of my flock.
So to thy pow'r a Kid shall yearly bleed,
And the full bowl to genial Venus flow;
And on thy rustic shrine
Rich odours incense breathe:
And the full bowl to genial Venus flow;
And on thy rustic shrine
Rich odours incense breathe:
So thro' the vale the wanton herds shall bound,
When thy December comes, and on the green
The steer in traces loose
With the free village sport:
When thy December comes, and on the green
The steer in traces loose
With the free village sport:
No more the lamb shall fly th' insidious wolf,
The woods shall shed their leaves, and the glad hind
The ground, where once he dug,
Shall beat in sprightly dance.
The woods shall shed their leaves, and the glad hind
The ground, where once he dug,
Shall beat in sprightly dance.
| The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Warton | |