THE WORKS O F EDMUND WALLER, Efq; IN VERSE AND PROSE. PUBLISHED By Mr. FENTON. GLASGOW, PRINTED BY ROBERT AND ANDREW FOULIS M DCC LII. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY MARGARET CAVENDISHE HARLEY. L ET others boast the nine Aonian maids, Inspiring ftreams, and fweet-refounding fhades; Where Phoebus heard the rival bards rehearse, And bade the Laurels learn the lofty verse. In vain! Nor Phoebus, nor the boasted Nine, Inflame the raptur'd foul with rays divine: None but the Fair infuse the sacred fire, And love with vocal art informs the lyre. When Waller, kindling with coeleftial rage, View'd the bright Harley of that wond'ring age, His pleafing pain he taught the lute to breath; The Graces fung, and wove his myrtle wreath. |