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Those Arms uncouth, and Limbs design'd for War,
The Prince, the Stranger, and the Warrior shew'd.
Thy Person speaks thee great, 'tis regal all,
30 Thy Port and Mein august, thy Stature comely tall.[1]
The Prince, the Stranger, and the Warrior shew'd.
Thy Person speaks thee great, 'tis regal all,
30 Thy Port and Mein august, thy Stature comely tall.[1]
IV.
The Stranger answ'ring spake, Psicharpax[2] I
To Gods and Men throughout the World am known;
Where-e'er, or Foot can tread, or Wing can fly.
And is my Name unheard by thee alone?
35 By either Parent I of Monarchs spring,
Divine Troxartes[3] is my Royal Sire,
Leichomyle[4] the Daughter of a King
Maternal Honour[5] claims———
The Stranger answ'ring spake, Psicharpax[2] I
To Gods and Men throughout the World am known;
Where-e'er, or Foot can tread, or Wing can fly.
And is my Name unheard by thee alone?
35 By either Parent I of Monarchs spring,
Divine Troxartes[3] is my Royal Sire,
Leichomyle[4] the Daughter of a King
Maternal Honour[5] claims———
- ↑ v. 30. Tall.] High Characters should be plac'd upon Bodies of the largest size, and finest make. Bossu.
- ↑ v. 31. Psicharpax.] One who plunders Granaries.
- ↑ v. 36. Troxartes.] A Bread-eater.
- ↑ v. 37. Leichomyle.] A licker of Meal.
- ↑ v. 38. Maternal Honour] The Hemisticks of Virgil have been much admir'd by some very learned Criticks, who seem to be of opinion, that a Verse is oftentimes the more perfect, the less 'tis finish'd.
