Epistles to the great . THE ALL O F IV. T O MARK AKENSIDE, By the AUTHOR of the three formerEPISTLES of ARISTIPPUS. AXAPIC AE TIC nE$TKQC M£0ETP. nOlHM A ODE HENR. STPEHANI. m:\ SMi Z, 0 TV £> 0 7V\- Printed for R. and J. D o d s l e y, in Pail Mall. M. DCC. THE c A L L O F ARISTIPPUS. EPISTLE IV. To MARK AKENSIDE, i^^THOU, for whom the British bays I IS! Bloom in thefe unpoetic days, a9f f. |gg Whofe early genius glowd to followThe arts thro natures ancient ways,Twofold difciple of Apollo ! Shall Aristippus eafy lays,Trifles of philofophic pleafureCompo
Epistles to the great . THE ALL O F IV. T O MARK AKENSIDE, By the AUTHOR of the three formerEPISTLES of ARISTIPPUS. AXAPIC AE TIC nE$TKQC M£0ETP. nOlHM A ODE HENR. STPEHANI. m:\ SMi Z, 0 TV £> 0 7V\- Printed for R. and J. D o d s l e y, in Pail Mall. M. DCC. THE c A L L O F ARISTIPPUS. EPISTLE IV. To MARK AKENSIDE, i^^THOU, for whom the British bays I IS! Bloom in thefe unpoetic days, a9f f. |gg Whofe early genius glowd to followThe arts thro natures ancient ways,Twofold difciple of Apollo ! Shall Aristippus eafy lays,Trifles of philofophic pleafureComposd in literary leifure,Afpire to gain thy deathlefs praife ? u (6) If thy nice ear attends the ftrainsThis carelcfs bard of nature breathesOn Cyprian flute in Albio?!^ plains,By future poets myrtle wreathsShall lone be fcatterd oer his urnIn annual folcmnity,And marble Cupids, as they mourn,Point where his kindred afhes lie. Whilst thro the tracks of endlefs dayThy mufe mall, like the bird of Jove,Wing to the fource of light her wayAnd bring from cloudlcfs realms above,Where Truths feraphic daughters glow,Another Promethean rayTo this benighted globe below,Mine, like foft Cythereas dove,Contented with her native grove,Shall fondly foothe th attentive earsOf lifes way-wearied traveller
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