These now no more fhall be the Mufe's themes, Loft in my fame, as in the fea their streams. 360 And Be mine the bleffings of a peaceful reign. Safe on my shore each unmolested fwain Of war or blood, but in the fylvan chace; 370 The trumpet fleep, while chearful horns are blown, Project long fhadows o'er the crystal tide, VARIATIONS. VER. 361. Originally thus in the MS. Let Venice boaft her Tow'rs amidst the Main, REMARKS. ·VER. 376. And Temples rife,] The fifty new Churches. P. I fee, I fee, where two fair cities bend Their ample bow, a new Whitehall ascend! And half thy forefts rush into thy floods, Tempt icy feas, where scarce the waters roll, VARIATIONS. VER. 383, etc. were originally thus, Now fhall our fleets the bloody Cross display Or those green ifles, where headlong Titan steeps Tempt icy feas, etc. P. REMARKS. VER. 388. Where clearer flames glow round the frozen Pole.] The Poet is here recommending the advantages of commerce, and therefore the extremities of heat and cold are not represented in a forbidding manner: as again, Or under fouthern fkies exalt their fails, Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales. But in the Dunciad, where the mifchief of Dulness is described, they are painted in all their inclemencies, See round the Poles, where keener spangles shine, These now no more fhall be the Mufe's themes, Of war or blood, but in the fylvan chace; 370 The trumpet fleep, while chearful horns are blown, Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide, VARIATIONS. VER. 361. Originally thus in the MS. Let Venice boaft her Tow'rs amidst the Main, REMARKS. ·VER. 376. And Temples rife,] The fifty new Churches. P. I fee, I fee, where two fair cities bend Their ample bow, a new Whitehall afcend! And half thy forests rush into thy floods, VARIATIONS. VER. 383, etc. were originally thus, Now fhall our fleets the bloody Cross display To the rich regions of the rifing day, Or those green ifles, where headlong Titan steeps Tempt icy feas, etc. P. REMARK S. VER. 388. Where clearer flames glow round the frozen Pole.] The Poet is here recommending the advantages of commerce, and therefore the extremities of heat and cold are not reprefented in a forbidding manner: as again, Or under fouthern fkies exalt their fails, Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales. But in the Dunciad, where the mifchief of Dulness is defcribed, they are painted in all their inclemencies, See round the Poles, where keener Spangles fhine, |