Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse; Such as the meeting soul may pierce, 120 weeds] Troilus and Cressida, act iii. sc. 3. 'Great Hector in his weeds of peace. Todd. 120 125 130 135 140 122 Rain] From the Messaggiero of Tasso. 'Piovano quaggiu della lor virtu.' Black's Life of Tasso, ii. 476. Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus' self may heave his head Of heap'd Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear His half regain'd Eurydice. These delights if thou canst give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. 147 Elysian flowers] See Par. Lost, iij. ver. 359. 145 150 ARCADES. Part of an Entertainment presented to the Countess Dowager of Derby, at Harefield, by some noble persons of her family; who appear on the scene in pastoral habit, moving toward the seat of state, with this song. SONG I. Look Nymphs, and Shepherds look, Is that which we from hence descry, This, this is she To whom our vows and wishes bend; Fame, that her high worth to raise, 5 This] Jonson's Ent. at Altrope, 1603. 'This is shee, This is shee, In whose world of grace,' &c. Warton. 5 10 Mark what radiant state she spreads, Sitting like a Goddess bright, In the centre of her light. Might she the wise Latona be, Mother of a hundred Gods? Juno dares not give her odds; Who had thought this clime had held 15 20 25 As they come forward, the GENIUS of the wood apand turning toward them, speaks. pears, GEN. Stay, gentle Swains, for though in this dis guise, I see bright honour sparkle through your eyes; 23 give] Too lightly expressed for the occasion. Hurd. 30 Alpheus] Virg. Æn. iii. 694. 'Alpheum, fama est, huc Elidis amnem Occultas egisse vias subter mare, qui nunc Ore, Arethusa, tuo,' &c. Newton. 30 I know this quest of yours, and free intent To the great mistress of yon princely shrine, 46 curl] Jonson's Mask at Welbeck, 1633, ver. 15. 50 brush] Tempest, act i. sc. 4. 'As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd.' and P. L. v. ver. 429. Warton. 52 cross] Shakesp. Jul. Cæs. act i. sc. 3. 'And when the cross blue lightning seem'd to open 35 40 Warton. Warton. 45 50 55 |