Miscellanies.
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But, Swain forsworn! whoe'er thou art,
This hallow'd spot forbear;
Remember Colin's dreadful fate,
And fear to meet him there. 72
This hallow'd spot forbear;
Remember Colin's dreadful fate,
And fear to meet him there. 72
AN IMITATION
OF
THE PROPHECY OF NEREUS,
FROM HOR. BOOK III. ODE XXV.
Dicam insigne, recens, adbuc
Indictum ore alio: non secus in jugis
Ex somnis stupet Evias
Hebrum prospiciens, et nive candidam
Thracen, ac pede barbaro
Lustratam Rhodopen.HOR.
Indictum ore alio: non secus in jugis
Ex somnis stupet Evias
Hebrum prospiciens, et nive candidam
Thracen, ac pede barbaro
Lustratam Rhodopen.HOR.
As Marr his round one morning took,
(Whom some call Earl and some call Duke)
And his new brethren of the blade
Shiv'ring with fear and frost survey'd,
On Perth's bleak hills he chanc'd to spy 5
An aged wizard six feet high,
With bristled hair and visage blighted,
Walley'd, barehaunch'd, and secondsighted,
The grisly sage in thought profounded
Beheld the chief with back so round, 10
(Whom some call Earl and some call Duke)
And his new brethren of the blade
Shiv'ring with fear and frost survey'd,
On Perth's bleak hills he chanc'd to spy 5
An aged wizard six feet high,
With bristled hair and visage blighted,
Walley'd, barehaunch'd, and secondsighted,
The grisly sage in thought profounded
Beheld the chief with back so round, 10
