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Book II.
Vig'rous he rises; from th' effluvia strong 105
Imbibes new life, and scours and stinks along;
Re-passes Lintot, vindicates the race,
Nor heeds the brown dishonours of his face.[I 1]
And now the victor stretch'd his eager hand
Where the tall Nothing stood, or seem'd to stand; 110
A shapeless shade, it melted from his sight,[I 2]
Like forms in clouds, or visions of the night.
To seize his papers, Curl, was next thy care;
His papers light, fly diverse, tost in air;[I 3]
Songs, sonnets, epigrams the winds uplift, 115
And whisk 'em back to Evans, Young, and Swift.[R 1]
Remarks
- ↑ Ver. 116. Evans, Young, and Swift.] Some of those persons whose writings, epigrams, or jests he had owned. See Note on ver. 50.
Imitations
- ↑ Ver. 108. Nor heeds the brown dishonours of his face.]——— faciem offentabat, & udo
Turpia membra fimo ——— Virg. Æn. v. - ↑ Ver. 111. A shapeless shade, &c.]——— Effugit image
Par levibus ventis, volucrique simillima somes. Virg. Æn. vi. - ↑ Ver. 114. His papers light, fly diverse, tost in air;]Virgil, Æn. vi. of the Sibyls leaves,Carmina ———
Turbata volent rapidis ludibria ventis.