 | Poems on several grave and important subjects (1719) |  |
To Mr. Mitchell.
Our Hopes and fond Endeavours now succeed,
Edina's Bards begin to raise their Head,
Avouch whate'er they please to write, and claim
What we must yield,—an equal Right to Fame.
Such Influence has GEORGE's happy Reign,
Fruit ripens best, when blest with Rays benign.
So when Augustus grac'd the Roman State;
True Learning flourish'd, and the Bards were great.
The Royal Favour rais'd the dead to Life,
And the whole Empire gain'd by brave and generous Strife.
Edina's Bards begin to raise their Head,
Avouch whate'er they please to write, and claim
What we must yield,—an equal Right to Fame.
Such Influence has GEORGE's happy Reign,
Fruit ripens best, when blest with Rays benign.
So when Augustus grac'd the Roman State;
True Learning flourish'd, and the Bards were great.
The Royal Favour rais'd the dead to Life,
And the whole Empire gain'd by brave and generous Strife.
Were I inspired by Panegyrick Verse,
Your Worth, dear Youth, I gladly should rehearse:
My hapless Muse can least his Praise proclaim,
Whose Merits most deserv'dly I esteem:
Your Works, where Nature and a Genius shine,
Declare you more than studied Lays of mine.
Your Worth, dear Youth, I gladly should rehearse:
My hapless Muse can least his Praise proclaim,
Whose Merits most deserv'dly I esteem:
Your Works, where Nature and a Genius shine,
Declare you more than studied Lays of mine.
E. Young.
| Poems on several grave and important subjects (1719) | |