With each bright Virtue that adorns the mind! That doth effay to teach thy treasures how to gain! And THOU, whose pious and maternal care, To the smooth walks of Truth and Innocence; THOU, moft belov'd, most honour'd, most rever'd! a And trace the plan of goodly * Nurture o'er, I bring thy modeft virtues into view; And proudly boaft that from thy precious store, Which erft enrich'd my heart, I drew this facred lore, And thus, I ween, thus fhall I best repay The valued gifts, thy careful love bestow'd; If imitating THEE, well as I may, I labour to diffufe th' important good, 'Till this great truth by all be understood; "That all the pious duties which we owe, "Our parents, friends, our country and our God; "The feeds of every virtue here below, "From Difcipline alone, and early Culture grow. A And his vain pride difmays. Gentle KNIGHT there was, whofe noble deeds O'er Fairy Land by Fame were blazon'd round: e For warlike enterprize, and fage areeds Emong the chief alike was he renown'd; ↳ Phædîa is a Greek word, fignifying Education. Areeds, counfels. Whence Whence with the marks of highest honours crown'd That port, to which the wife are ever bound, II. There in domeftick virtue rich and great The lord, the judge, the father of the plain, Aye dwelt; fweet partner of his joy and pain, From this fair union, not of fordid gain, But merit fimilar and mutual love, True fource of lineal virtue, fprung a train Of youths and virgins; like the beauteous grove, Parent tree, the facred olive.] This tree grew in the Altis, or facred grove of Olympick Jupiter at Olympia, having, as the Eleans pretended, been originally planted there by Hercules. It was efteemed facred, and from that were taken the Olympick crowns. See Paufanias. Eliac. and the Differtation on the Olympick Games. Her Her verdant crowns of peaceful victory, e The guerdons of bold ftrength, and fwift activity So round their noble parents goodly rofe These generous scyons: they with watchful care With prudent culture the young fhoots to rear: They by a Palmer fage inftructed were, Who from deep thought and ftudious search erewhile Had learnt to mend the heart, and till the human foil. V. For by cœleftial Wisdom whilom led Through all th' apartments of th' immortal mind, Their various mafks they play'd, and fed her penfive thought. e Guerdons, rewards. Palmer, pilgrim. The perfon here fignified is Mr. Locke. characteriz'd by his works. VI. "Alfe through the fields of Science had he stray'd Or hear the mufick of their charming lore: His curious foul, he turn'd him to explore The Sacred writ of Faith; to learn, believe, adore. Thence foe profess'd of Falfhood and Deceit, * Aye holding up before uncertain feet And free-created fouls with penal terrours awe, VIII. 'Ne with these glorious gifts elate and vain h Alfe, alfo, further. * Aye, ever. i Mote, might. 1 Ne, nor. Eternal |