6 Exules.] Horace calls the Romans, Exules, or Fugi tives, on account of their being derived from the Trojans who were obliged to quit their own Country. For the fame Reafon Virgil calls Eneas, fato profugus. 7 Juno here applauds, in a very noble Manner, the Virtue of the ancient Romans, who preferred Poverty to all the Riches of the World. 8 Troy was actually rebuilt in the Time of Horace. The Romans are, therefore, here forbid only to restore it to the fame flourishing Condition it had formerly enjoyed; which would have been the Cafe, if Augustus had transferred the Seat of his Empire thither. 9 Horace here follows the Opinion of thofe, who have faid, that Apollo affifted Neptune in building the Walls of Troy For Homer intimates, that Neptune built them alone; and that Apollo, in the mean while, attended Flocks on Mount Ida. : 10 Non bac jocofa conveniunt lyra. Horace could not urge this Argument farther, without speaking in a more open Manner. On which Account he breaks off abruptly, pretending that his Verfes are not noble enough for fo great a Subject. But we clearly fee, that this is a falfe Modefty. It was not from the Fear of offending thofe Gods, that he left this Ode imperfect, but from the Fear of offending Auguftus, whofe Anger he dreaded as much, at least, as that of the Gods. DACIER. The SAME ODE Imitated. By WILLIAM WALSH, Efq; TH I. HE Man that's refolute and just, Firm to his Principles and Truft, Nor Hopes, nor Fears, can blind : No No Paffions his Defigns controul; II. Nor Parties, for Revenge engag'd; III. From this the Grecian Glory rofe; These were the Paths their Heroes trod; And great Naffau a King. IV. Firm on the rolling Deck he stood, V. The Man, whom selfish Hopes inflame, • Or Vanity allures to Famé, May be to Fears betray'd: • But But here, a CHURCH for Succour flies; • Infulted LAW expiring lies, And loudly calls for Aid. VI. Yes, Britons, yes, with ardent Zeal, VII. • LAW fhall again her Force refume, The British Fleet fhall rule the Deep; VIII. Nor fhall thefe Promises of Fate < Be limited to my fhort Date; • When I from Cares withdraw, Still fhall the British Sceptre ftand, Still flourish in a Female Hand, • And to Mankind give Law. IX. She fhall Domestic Foes unite; • Monarchs beneath her Flags fhall fight; Whole Armies drag her Chain : ‹ She She fhall loft Italy reftore, • Shall make th' Imperial Eagle foar, And give a King to Spain. X. But know, these Promises are given, XI. Let no falfe Politics confine, In narrow Bounds, your vaft Design To make Mankind unite ; Nor think it a fufficient Cause To punish Men by penal Laws, For not believing right. XII. Rome, whofe blind Zeal deftroys Mankind; XIII. These Subjects fuit not with the Lyre; The The Thoughts of Gods and godlike Kings? The Reader may find some Account of Mr Walsh, the Author of this Ode, in the Notes annexed to Mr Pope's Fpiftles, Vol. I. p. 44 and 56, 12mo. He died in 1708. Mr Pope gives this Character of him, in his Essay on Criticism, p. 114. 4to Edition of his Works, 1717. Such late was Walsh, the Mufe's Judge and Friend, The clearest Head, and the finçereft Heart. This Ode may be preferred to the Original, as containing a more excellent Moral. We have a Dialogue by the fame Hand, perhaps not inferior to Lucian, entitled, ESCULAPIUS, or the Hofpital of Fools. It first appeared in a Collection of Poems, printed for Pemberton, 1714, 8vo. D O DE IV. To CALLIOPE. By Mr. J. DUNCOMBE. Efcend, thou fweetest of the tuneful Train, I Defcend, and gracefully prolong, In folemn Notes, fome enthusiastic Strain ; Hark! |