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One on his manly confidence relies,
One on his vigour^{[I 1]} and superior size. 170
First Osborne lean'd against his letter'd post;
It rose, and labour'd to a curve at most.
So Jove's bright bow displays its wat'ry round,
(Sure sign,^{[I 2]} that no spectator shall be drown'd)
A second effort brought but new disgrace, 155
The wild Meander wash'd the Artist's face:
Thus the small jett, which hasty hands unlock,
Spirts in the gard'ner's eyes who turns the cock.
Not so from shameless Curl; impetuous spread
The stream, and smoking flourish'd o'er his head. 180
So (fam'd like thee for turbulence and horns)
Eridanus^{[I 3]} his humble fountain scorns;

Imitations

1. Ver. 169, 170. One on his many confidence relies,
   One on his vigour]
   Ille-melior motu, fretusque juventa;
   Hic membris & mole valens.Virg. Æn. v.
2. Ver. 173, 174. So Jove's bright bow————
   (Sure sign———
   The words of Homer, of the Rain-bow, in Iliad xi.
   ———ἅς τε Κρονίων
   Ἐν νέφεϊ ϛήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων.
   Que le fils de Saturn a fondez dans les nües, pour être dans tous les àges une signe à tout les mortels.Dacier.
3. Ver. 181, 182. So (fam'd like thee for turbulence and horns.]
   Eridanus]
   Virgil mentions these two qualifications of Eridanus, Georg. iv.