Ipse per Ausonias Æneïa carmina gentes Qui sonat, ingenti qui nomine pulsat Olympum; Mæöniumque senem Romano provocat ore: Forsitan illius nemoris latuisset in umbrâ Quod canit, et sterili tantum cantâsset avenâ Ignotus populi; si Mæcenate careret. Paneg. ad Pisones, LUCAN. That the longest Poem in this Collection was honoured by the notice of your Lordship’s Right Honourable and ever-valued Relation, Mr. Fox; that it should be the last which engaged his attention; and that some parts of it were marked with his approbation; are circumstances productive of better hopes of ultimate success, than I had dared to entertain before I was gratified with a knowledge of them: And the hope thus raised…
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