The Spectator
Chapter 435 : 623. VIRG. aen. iv. 24. But first let yawning earth a pa.s.sage rend, And let me thro

623. VIRG. aen. iv. 24.

'But first let yawning earth a pa.s.sage rend, And let me thro' the dark abyss descend: First let avenging Jove, with flames from high.

Drive down this body to the nether sky, Condemn'd with ghosts in endless night to lie; Before I break the plighted faith I gave; No: he who had my vows shall ever have; For whom I loved on earth, I wors.h.i.+p in the grave.'

(Dryden).

624. HOR. 2 Sat iii. 77.

'Sit still, and hear, those whom proud thoughts do swell, Those that look pale by loving coin too well; Whom luxury corrupts.'

(Creech).

625. HOR. 3 Od. vi. 23.

'Love, from her tender years, her thoughts employ'd.'

626. OVID, Met. i. 1.

'With sweet novelty your taste I'll please.'

(Eusden).

627. VIRG. Ecl. ii. 3.

'He underneath the beechen shade, alone.

Thus to the woods and mountains made his moan.'

(Dryden).

628. MOR. 1 Ep. ii. 43.

'It rolls, and rolls, and will for ever roll.'

629. JUV. Sat. i. 170.

'Since none the living dare implead, Arraign them in the persons of the dead.'

(Dryden).

630. HOR. 3 Od. i. 2.

'With mute attention wait.'

631. HOR. 1 Od. v. 5.

'Elegant by cleanliness'

632. VIRG. aen. vi. 545.

'The number I'll complete, Then to obscurity well pleased retreat.'

633. CICERO.

'The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs.'

634. SOCRATES apud XEN.

'The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the G.o.ds.'

635. CICERO Somn. Scip.

'I perceive you contemplate the seat and habitation of men; which if it appears as little to you as it really is, fix your eyes perpetually upon heavenly objects, and despise earthly.'