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"In the midft a form divine,

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Her eye proclaims her of the Briton-line, Her Lion-port, her awe-commanding face, (z). "Attemper'd fweet to virgin-grace.

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What ftrings fymphonious tremble in the air! What ftrains ofvocaltransport round her play? Hear from the grave, great Talieffin! & hear; They breathe a foul to animate thy clay. 122 "Bright Rapture calls, and foaring as the fings "Waves in the eye of heanv'n her many-colour'd wings.

III. 3.

The verfe adorn again

Fierce War, and faithful Love, *

"And Truth fevere, by Fairy Fiction drest.

In bufkin'd meafures move (aa)

"Pale Grief, and ple. fing Pain,

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"With horrour, tyrant of the throbbing breast.

"A voice bb as of the cherub choir

"Gales from blooming Eden bear,

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"And diftant warblings cc leffen on my ear,

* Fierce wars and faithful loves fhall moralize my

fong.

Spenfer's Poem to The Fairy Queen.

barbes majestueufes. Au milieu d'eux, quelle "forme divine! Son regard la proclame iffue de "la ligne Brétonne, fon port eft noble com"me celui du Lion: (z) mais fon afpect impo"fant eft adouci par une grace virginale. Quels "fons harmonieux font rétentir les airs! Quels "chants animés concertent autour d'elle ! "Ecoute du fond de la tombe, Grand Talieffin, "(&) écoute. L'âme qu'ils refpirent eft digne "d'animer ta pouffiere. La brillante Extafe "t'appelle, elle plane en chantant & déploie aux "regards du Ciel, fes ailes enrichies de diverfes ¿couleurs.

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III 3.

"La Poéfie revient prêter fes charmes à la guerre terrible, à l'Amour fidelle, à l'auftère "vérité qui fe revêtit des fictions de la Féerie. "Le pâle chagrin, la Trifteffe que l'on chérit, la "Terreur ce tyran du cœur palpitant, s'avan"cent dans la mesure du cothurne. (a a) Une "voix, femblable à celle des choeurs des Ché"rubins, eft apportée par les vents du fleuriffant "Eden. (bb) Dans l'éloignement, des accords

"That loft in long futurity expire. "Fond impious man! think'st thou yon' fanguine cloud, "Rais'd by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of

day? "To-morrow he repairs the golden flood, 137 "And warms the nations with redoubled ray. "Enough for me: with joy I fee

"The diff'rent doom our Fates affign: 140 "Be thine defpair and fceptred care,

"To triumph and to die are mine.

He spoke, and headlong from the mountain's

height Deep in tde roaring tihe he plung'd to endless

night.

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qu'à mon oreille & ils expirent perdus dans un long avenir. `(cc) Mortel follement impie! penfe tu que ce nuage de fang, qui s'éleve fur "ton haleine, ait éteint l'orbe du jour ? Dés "demain il reparera fes flots dorés & réchauf❝fera le monde de fes feux rédoublés. C'en eft "affez pour moi. Je vois avec joie la différen"ce de nos destinées. Le Défefpoir & les Sou"cis du trône, voilà ton lot. Triompher & "mourir voilà le mien. Il dit, &, fe précipitant "du haut de la montagne dans la profondeur de "l'onde mugiffante, il s'enfonça dans la nuit " éternelle. "

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ON THE PRECEDENT ODE.

(a) The hauberk was a texture of feel rin glets or rings interwoven, forming a coat of mail that fat clofe to the body, and adapted itself to every motion.

(b) Snowdon was a name given by the Saxons to that montainous track which the Welsh call Craigian-eryri: it included all the highlands of Caernarvonshire and Merionethfhire, as far east as the river Conway. R. Hygden, speaking of the Caftle of Conway, built by King Edward I. fays, Ardortum amnis Conwai ad clivum montis Erery; and Matthew of Westminster (ad an. 1283) apud Alberconway ad pedes montis Snowdonia fecit erigi caftrum forte.

(e) Gilbert de Clare, furnamed the red, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, fon-in law to the King Edward.

(d) Edmond de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore. They both were Lords Marchers, whofe lands lay on the borders of Wales, and probably accompanied the King in this expedition.

(e) The image was taken from a well known picture of Raphael, reprefenting the Supreme Being in the vifion of Ezekiel. There are two of thefe paintings, both believed original; one at Florence, the other at Paris.

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