152
The Dunciad.
Book III.
'Till Isis' Elders reel, their pupils sport,
And Alma mater lie dissolv'd in Port!
Enough! enough! the raptur'd Monarch cries;
340 And thro' the Iv'ry Gate the Vision flies.[I 1]
And Alma mater lie dissolv'd in Port!
Enough! enough! the raptur'd Monarch cries;
340 And thro' the Iv'ry Gate the Vision flies.[I 1]
The End of the Third Book.
Imitations
- ↑ Ver. 340. And thro' the Iv'ry Gate, &c.]Sunt geminæ Somni portæ; quarum altera fertur
Cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris;
Altera candenti perfeda nitens elephante,
Sed falsa ad cœlum mittunt insomnia manes.Virg. Æn. vi .
