Excerpt from The Literary Miscellany: Or, Selections Extracts, Classical and Scientific; With Originals, in Prose and Verse
- But chiefly thou, supreme Philosophy!
shed thy best influence; with thy train appear
of Graces mild: far be the Stoic boast,
the Cynic's snarl, and churlish pedantry.
Bright visitant! if not too high my wish,
come in the lovely dress you wore, a guest
at Plato's table; or in studious walks,
in green Frecati's academic groves,
the Roman feasting his selected friends.
Tamer of pride! at thy serene reuke
see crouching insolence, spleen, and revenge
before thy shining taper disappear.
Tutor of human life! auspicious guide!
whose faitful clue unravels every maze:
whose skill can disengage the tangled thorn,
and smooth the rock to down! whose magic powers
Controul each storm, and bid the roar be still.
Sneyd Dirvis, D. D.
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