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II. 3.
When Aristides rul'd, and Cimon fought;
When all the generous Fruits of Homer's Page
Exulting Pindar d saw to full Perfection brought.
O Pindar, oft shalt thou be hail'd of me:
Not that Apollo fed thee from his Shrine;
Not that thy Lips drank Sweetness from the Bee;
Nor yet that, studious of thy Notes divine,
Pan danc'd their Measure with the sylvan Throng:
But that thy Song
Was proud to unfold
What thy base Rulers trembled to behold;
Amid corrupted Thebes was proud to tell
The Deeds of Athens and the Persian Shame:
Hence
