His fleet, his army, and his mighty mind, The most ambitious will forget their pride; If the fuccefsful troublers of mankind, The BRITISH Monarch fhall the glory have, Thus Thus may the Gospel to the rifing fun Hæc ego longavus cecini tibi, maxime regum! To the DUCHESS, when he prefented this Book to her ROYAL HIGHNESS. MAD ADAM! I here present you with the rage, Thus we writ then your brighter eyes inspire Your matchlefs beauty gives our fancy wing;' Tho' other names our wary writers use, These Thefe VERSES were writ in the TASSO of ber ROYAL HIGHNESS. T ASSO knew how the fairer fex to grace; In her alone that owns this book, is feen O F DIVINE LOVE. A POEM IN SIX CANTO ES. Floriferis ut apes in faltibus omnia libant; Exul eram, requiefque mihi, non fama, petita eft, Ovid. de Trift. Lib. 4. El. 1. |