The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne/65

by George Granville

TO MR. WALLER.
In anſwer to Mr. Waller’s verſes to the Author.

When into Libya the young Grecian came,
To talk with Hammon, and conſult for fame;
When from the ſacred tripod where he ſtood
The prieſt, inſpir’d, ſaluted him a god;
Scarce ſuch a joy that haughty victor knew,5
Thus own’d by Heav‘’n, as I, thus prais’d by you.
Whoe’er their names can in thy numbers ſhow
Have more than empire, and immortal grow;
Ages to come ſhall ſcorn the pow’rs of old,
When in thy verſe of greater gods they ’re told;10
Our beauteous queen and royal James’s name
For Jove and Juno ſhall be plac’d by Fame;
Thy Charles sor Neptune ſhall the ſeas command,
And Sachariſſa ſhall for Venus ſtand;
Greece ſhall no longer boaſt, nor haughty Rome,
But think from Britain all the gods did come.16