Page:Boileau's Lutrin - a mock-heroic poem. In six canto's. Render'd into English verse. To which is prefix'd some account of Boileau's writings, and this translation. (IA boileauslutrinmo00boil).pdf/92

Quickning his Pace with fierce impulsive Ire
He runs, he flies, and reaches first the Choire.

^[1]Oh Thou who guided by the Delphic God
Sung, On the Margin of a drowsy Flood,
Obstinate Chiefs inur'd to deadly Wars;
'Twixt Hostile Frogs and Mice immortal Jars.
^[2]Oh Thou whose Muse's bold Fantastick Flight
Did the Bolonian Bucket's Rape indite;
Vile Cause of War! All Latium to ingage
In Bloody Arms, The Helen of their Rage!
And ^[3]Thou who painted in a Deathless Strain
The Licens'd Homicides of Warwick Lane!
(Phœbus to Thee his Double Blessing gives;
Thy Musick charms us, and thy Art relieves,)
Give Energy to my Enervate Tongue,
While the fir'd Chanter's flagrant Rage is sung:

1. Homer's Batrachomyomachia.
2. Alessandro Tassoni Author of La Secchia rapita. An Italian Poem.
3. Dr. Garth.

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