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 ODE 
 
 T O 
 
 FRANCIS HASTINGS, 
 
 EARL of HUNTINGDON. 
 
 I. I. 
 
 rir^H E Wife and Great of every Clime, 
 
 Thro' all the fpacious Walks of Time, 
 Where-e'er the Mufe her Power difplay'd. 
 With Joy have liften'd and obey'd. 
 For, taught of Heav'n, the facred Nine 
 Perfuafive Numbers, Forms divine. 
 To mortal Senfe impart : 
 
 A % They 
 
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 They beft the Soul with Glory fire ; 
 They nobiefl Courife% boldefl 'Deeds infpire ; 
 
 ■ " *■ ■ 
 
 And high o'er Fortune's Rage enthrone the fixed Heart, 
 
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 tJ Y^i i a /I vj r* 
 Nor lefs prevailing is their Charm 
 
 The vengeful Bofom to difarm 5 
 
 To melt the Proud with human Woe^ ^^ 
 
 And prompt unwilling Tears to flow. 
 
 Can Wealth a Power like this afford ? 
 
 Can CromwelPs Arts, or Marlbro\ Sword, 
 
 An equal Empire claim Pi- 
 No, Hastings. Thou my Words wilt own : 
 Thy Breaft to every Mufe was early known j 
 Nor (hall the mutual Tie difgrace thy noble Name. 
 
 I- 3.
 
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 The Mufe's genuine Pralfe, 
 And the fair Funftion of the Poet's Tongue, 
 Ne'er (halt thou blufti to vindicate and raife 
 From all that fcorned Vice or flaviih Fear hath fung. 
 Nor (hall the Blandifhment o^Tufcan Strings 
 Warbling at Will in Pleafure's myrtle Bower j 
 Nor {hall the bafer Notes to Celtic Kings 
 By lying Minftrels paid in evil Hour, 
 Move Thee to fpurn the heavenly Mufe's Reign. 
 
 A different Strain, 
 
 And other Themes 
 From her prophetic Shades and hallow'd Streams 
 (Thou well can'ft witnefs) vifit the chaile Ear : 
 Such, as when Greece to her immortal Shell 
 
 Rejoicing
 
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 Rejoicing liften'd, godlike Words to hear ; 
 To hear the fweet Inftru^trefs tell 
 (While Men and Heroes throng'd around) 
 How Life its nobleft Ufe may find, 
 How heft for Freedom be refign'd ; 
 
 And how by Glory Virtue Ihall be crown'd. 
 
 II. I. 
 
 Such was the * Chian Father's Strain 
 To many a kind domeftic Train, 
 Whofe pious Hearth and genial Bowl 
 Had chear'd the reverend Pilgrim's Soul : 
 When, every hofpitable Rite 
 With equal Bounty to requite. 
 He ftruck his magic Strings 5 
 
 * Homer. 
 
 And
 
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 And pour'd fpontaneous Numbers forth^ 
 And caught their Ears with 1 ales of ancient Worthy 
 And fiU'd their mufino; Hearts with vaft heroic Things. 
 
 II. 2. 
 
 Now oft, where happy Spirits dwell, 
 Where yet he tunes his facred Shell, 
 Oft near him, with applauding Hands, 
 The Genius of his Country ftands. 
 To lift'ning Gods he makes him known. 
 That Man divine, by whom were fown 
 
 The Seeds of Gr^ecian Fame : 
 Who firft the Race with Freedom fir'd ; 
 From whom ^ Lycurgus Sparta's Sons infpir'd 5 
 From whom ^Plataan Palms and "" Cyprian Trophies 
 
 [came. 
 
 B II.
 
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 II. 3. 
 
 O nobleft, happieft Age ! 
 When Arijlides rul'd, and Cimon fought ; 
 When all the generous Fruits of Homer ^ Pao^e 
 Exulting; Pindar ^ faw to full Perfection brouo-ht. 
 O Pindar^ oft (halt thou be hail'd of me : 
 Not that Apollo fed thee from his Shrine ; 
 Not that thy Lips drank Sweetnefs from the Bee 5 
 Nor yet that, ftudious of thy Notes divine, 
 Pan danc'd their Meafure with the fylvanThrong : 
 
 But that thy Song 
 
 Was proud to unfold 
 What thy bafe Rulers trembled to behold ; 
 Amid corrupted T'hehes was proud to tell 
 The Deeds of Athens and the Perjian Shame : 
 
 Hence
 
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 Hence on thy Head their impious Vengeance fell 
 But thou, O faithful to thy Fame, 
 The Mufe's Law did'ft rightly know 5 
 That who would animate his Lays, 
 And other Minds to Virtue raife, 
 
 Muft feel his own with all her Honours glow. 
 
 III. I. 
 
 Are there, approved of later Times, 
 Whofe Verfe adorn'd a f Tyrant's Crimes ? 
 Who faw majeftic Rome be tray 'd. 
 And lent the imperial Ruffian Aid ? 
 Alas ! not one polluted Bard, 
 No, not the Strains that Mincius heard, 
 Or I'iburh Hills reply'd, 
 
 Dare 
 
 -j- O^avius Ccefar,
 
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 * Dare to the Mufe's Ear afplre ; 
 Save while, inftrufted by the Grecian Lyre, 
 With Freedom's native Notes their (hameful Tafk 
 
 [they hide, 
 III. 2. 
 
 Mark, how the dread Pantheon ftands^ 
 
 Amid the Domes of modern Hands ! 
 
 Amid the Toys of idle State, 
 
 How {imply, how feverely great ! 
 
 Then paufe ; and, while each weftern Clime 
 
 Prefents her tuneful Sons to Time, 
 
 Cry, Hail, on Mihon\ Name ^ 
 And add, ^* Thus differs from the Throng 
 ^^ The Spirit which informed thy awful Song, 
 *' Which bade thy potent Voice protect thy Country*s 
 
 [Fame." 
 
 III. 3-
 
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 III. 3- 
 
 Yet hence barbaric Zeal 
 
 His Memory with unholy Rage purfues ; 
 While from thefe arduous Cares of public Weal 
 She bids each Bard begone, & reft him with hisMufe. 
 O Fool ! to think the Man, whofe ample Mind 
 Muft grafp whatever yonder Stars furvey. 
 And with the Charms of every Scene combin'd 
 The World's moft perfeft Image muft difplay, 
 Can e'er his Country's Majefty defcry 
 
 With heedlefs Eye ! 
 
 O Fool ! to deem 
 That //^, whofe Thought muft vifit e veryTheme, 
 Whofe Heart muft every ftrong Emotion know 
 By Nature planted, or by Fortune taught ; 
 
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 That He^ if haply fome prefumptuous Foe, 
 With falfe ignoble Science fraught. 
 Shall fpurn at Freedom's faithful Band ; 
 That He their dear Defence will fhun. 
 Or hide their Glories from the Sun, 
 
 Or deal their Vengeance with a Woman's Hand ! 
 
 IV. I. 
 
 I care not, that in Arno\ Meads, 
 Or where the Seine his Current leads. 
 From public Themes the Mufe's Quire 
 Content with poliflj'd Eafe retire. 
 Where Priefts the ftudious Head command. 
 Where Tyrants bow the warlike Hand 
 To vile Ambition's Aim^
 
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 Say, what can public Themes afford. 
 Save venal Honours to an hateful Lord, 
 Referv'd for angry Heaven, Sc fcorrt'd of honeft Fame ? 
 
 IV. 2. 
 
 But here J where Freedom's equal Throne 
 To all her valiant Sons is known ; 
 Where All direct the Sword (he wears, 
 And each the Power, that rules him, fhares y 
 Here let the Bard, whofe liftlefs Feet 
 From public Labours would retreat, 
 
 Bid public Joys farewell : 
 Let him to fitter Climes remove, 
 Far from the Heroe's and the Patriot's Lo\re, 
 And lull myfterious Monks to flumber in their Cell. 
 
 IV. 3.
 
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 IV. 3- 
 
 O Hastings, not to All 
 Can ruling Heaven the fame Endowments lend : 
 Yet ftill doth Nature to her Offfpring call, 
 That each their different Powers to one Purfuit fhould 
 
 [bend ; 
 
 To one, the general Weal, What, tho' the Mule 
 With Sweetnefs fill the Bofom of her Son ? 
 Tho' public Power the high Patrician's Brows 
 With Honour clothe ? Yet this Purfuit alone 
 Can refcue Both from Envy and from Blame. 
 
 The Poet's Name 
 
 He beft fhall prove, 
 Whofe Lays the Soul to noblefl Funftions move. 
 But Thee, O Progeny of Heroes old, 
 Thee to feverer Toils thy Fate requires: 
 The Fate which form'd Thee in a chofen Mould, 
 
 The
 
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 The grateful Country of thy Sires, 
 Thee to fublimer Paths demand 5 
 Sublimer than thy Sires could trace. 
 Or thy own ^ Edward teach his Race, 
 Tho' GauPs proud Genius funk beneath his Hand. 
 
 V. 1. 
 
 From rich Domains and fubjefl: Farms, 
 They led the ruftic Youth to Arms ; 
 And Kings their ftern Atchievements fear'd : 
 While private Strife their Banners rear'd. 
 But loftier Scenes to Thee are (hown, 
 Where Empire's wide-eftablifh'd Throne 
 No private Mafter fills : 
 
 C Where,
 
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 Where, long foretold. The People reigns ; 
 Where each a Vaffal's humble Heart difdains ; 
 And judges what he fees; and, as he judges, wills. 
 
 V. 2. 
 
 Here be it thine to calm and guide 
 The fwelling democratic Tide 5 
 To watch the State's uncertain Frame, 
 And baffle Faction's partial Aim : 
 But chiefly, with determin'd Zeal, 
 To cjuell that fervile Band, who kneel 
 
 To Freedom's banifh'd Foes f 
 That Monfter, which is daily found 
 Expert and bold its Country's Peace to wound ^ 
 Yet dreads to handle Arms, nor manly Counfel knows.
 
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 V. 3. 
 
 'Tis higheft Heaven's Command, 
 That guilty Aims fhould fordid Paths purfue 5 
 That what enfnares the Heart fhould curb the 
 
 [Hand, 
 
 And Virtue's worthlefs Foes be falfe to Glory too. 
 But look on Freedom. See, thro' every Age, 
 What Labours, Perils, Griefs, hath fhedifdain'd ! 
 What Arms,what regal Pride, what prieftly Rage, 
 Have her dread Offfpring conquer'd or fuftain'd! 
 For Albion well have conquer'd. Let the Strains 
 
 Of happy Swains, 
 
 Which now refound 
 Where ^ Scarfdale\ Cliffs the fwelling Vale {\^r^ 
 
 [round, 
 
 Bear witnefs. There, let the glad Farmer fay 
 What mighty Scenes have honour'd his low Gate, 
 
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 And fliew the Stranger palffing on his Way, 
 Where Candijh^ Booth ^ and Ojlorn fate, 
 When, burfting from their Country's Chain, 
 Ev'n in the midil of deadly Harms, 
 Of papal Snares and lawlefs Arms, 
 
 They plann'd for Freedom this her awful Reign. 
 
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 This Reign, thefe Laws, this public Care, 
 Which Nassau crave us Ail to ihare. 
 Had ne'er adorn 'd the EngHflj Name, 
 Could Fear have lllenc'd Freedom's Claim. 
 But Fear in vain attempts to bind 
 Thofe lofty Efforts of the Mind, 
 
 Which focial Good infpires ; 

 
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 Where Men, for this^ aflault a Throne, 
 Each adds the common Welfare to his own j 
 And each unconquer'd Heart theStrength ofA II acquires. 
 
 VI.-2. 
 
 Say, was it thus, when late we view'd 
 Our Fields in civil Blood imbrued ? 
 When Fortune crown 'd the barbarous Hoft, 
 And half the aftoniili'd Ifle was loft ? 
 Did One of all that vaunting Train, 
 Who dare to curfe a peaceful Reign, 
 
 Durft One in Arms appear ? 
 Durft One in Counfels pledge his Life ? 
 Stake his luxurious Fortunes in the Strife ? 
 Or lend his boafted Name his vagrant Friends to chear? 
 
 VI. 3.
 
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 VI. 3. 
 
 Vet, Hastings, thefe are they 
 Who challenge to themfelves thy Country's Love : 
 The true; the conftant : who alone can weigh. 
 What Glory fhould demand, or Liberty approve f 
 But let their Works declare them. Thy free Powers, 
 The generous Powers of thy prevailing Mind, 
 Not for the Talks of their confederate Hours, 
 Lewd Brawls and lurking Slander, were defign'd. 
 Be thou thy own Approver. Honeft Praife 
 
 Oft nobly fways 
 
 Ingenuous Youth : 
 But from the Coward, and the lying Mouth, 
 Praife is Reproach. Eternal God alone 
 For Mortals fixes that fublime Award. 
 
 He,
 
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 He^ from the faithful Records of his Throne, 
 Bids the Hiftorian and the Bard 
 Difpofe of Honour and of Scorn ; 
 Difcern the Patriot from the Slave ; 
 And write the Good, the Wife, the Brave, 
 
 For Lefions to the Multitude unborn. 
 
 NOTES
 
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 NOTES a;^d ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 » T Tcurgiis, the hacedcpmonian Law-giver, brought into Greece, from Afui 
 -^ Minor, the firll coinpleat Copy of Homer' % Works. 
 
 ^ At PJatc^a was fought the decifive Battle between the Perfian Army, and 
 tlie united MiUtia of Greece under Faiifanias and Arifiides. 
 
 c Cimon the Athenian ereded a Trophy in Cyprus for two great Viflories 
 gain'd on the Hime Day over the Perfuins by Sea and Land. Diodoriis Sictdus 
 has preferv'd the Jnfcription which the Athenians affixed to the confecrated 
 Spoils, after this great Succefs; in which it is very remarkable that the Great- 
 nefs of the Occafion has rais'd the Manner of ExpreiTion above the ufual 
 Simphcity and Modefty of all other ancient Infcriptions. It is this: 
 
 'E§ a y 'EupwTTi;)' ' Kaicci ^i^x. ircvr'^' syay.e, 
 
 Kxi TTOKiOt.i B-I'TItZv ^OUp®^ "Ap»5 iTTi^ei, 
 
 Jipyoi' ov vTre-'.c^j ''O Kara ttci'tov ay.cc. 
 "OiTs yccp ey KuTrp^ M>ii^ys ttoAAbs cAso-arxK, 
 
 ^ot\Hy,oni ly.o!,Tov vxvi i^ov ev Tr^Karyei^ 
 'AvS'pZv 7rA»S-Bo-«;. Msyix. S'4<^ei'ev 'Acrh utt avrwr, 
 
 riAjjyeiO" a[/,'pQTipc(.i9 X^?^'^ y^oijei -rro^.iyB. 
 
 The following Tranflation is almoft literal : 
 
 Since firil the Sea from Afui'i, hoflile Coaft 
 
 Oivided Europe, and the God of War 
 
 Affiiil'd
 
 NOTES and ILLUSTRATIONS. 25 
 
 Aflail'd imperious Cities ; never yet, 
 At once amid the Waves and on the Sliore, 
 Hath fuch a Deed been wrought by mortal Men 
 Who Earth inhabit. They, whofe Arms the Males 
 In Cyprus felt pernicious, they, the fiime, 
 Have won from fkilful Tyre an Hundred Ships 
 Crouded with Warriors. Afta groans, in both 
 Her Hands fore fmitten, and deferts the War. 
 
 ^Pinddr was contemporary wiihArl/Udcs and Cmon, in whom the Glory of 
 ancient Greece was at it's height. When Xerxes invaded Greece, Pi7idar was 
 true to the common Interefl of his Country ; tho' his Fellow Citizens, the 
 Thebafis, had fold themfelves to the Ferfmn King. In one of his Odes he ex- 
 prelTes the great Diflrefs and Anxiety of his Mind, occafion'd by the vail Pre- 
 parations of Xerxes againft Greece [J/ihw. 8.) In another he celebrates the 
 Vidories oi Salami s, Flatcva, and Himera {Pyth. i.) It will be neceffary to add 
 two or three other Particulars of his Lifc^ real or fabulous, in order to explain 
 what follows in the Text concerning him. Firil then, he was thought to be 
 fo great a Inivourite oi Apollo, that the Priefts of that Deity allotted him a con- 
 flant Share of their Offerings. It was faid of him, as of fome other illullrious 
 Men, that at his Birth a Swarm of Bees lighted on his Lips, and fed him with their 
 Honey. It was alfo a Tradition concerning him, that Fan was lieard to recite 
 his Poetry, and fecn dancing to one of his Hymns on the Mountains near Thebes, 
 But a real Hiflorical Fad: in his Life is, that the Thebans impofcd a large Fine 
 upon him on account of the Veneration which he exprefs'din his Poems for that 
 Heroic Spirit, fnewn by the People o{ Athens in Defence of the connnon Li- 
 berty, which his own Fellow Citizens had IhamefuUy betrayed. And as the 
 Argument of this Ode implies, xh^X. great Foetkal Talents, and high Sentiments 
 of Liberty, do reciprocally produce and aflijl each other, fo Findar is perhaps the 
 mofl exemplary Proof of this Connexion, which occurs in PliCory. The 
 Theba7is were remarkable, in general, f )r a llavilji Difpofition through all the 
 Fortunes of their Common-wealth ; at the Time of it's Ruin by Fhilip; and 
 even in its belt State, under the Adminiflration of Felopidas and F.paminondas : 
 And every one knovrs, they were no lels remarkable for great DuCne s, and 
 Want of all Genius. That P//7<^'r fhould have equally dillinguilhed l-imlelf 
 
 D from
 
 26 NOTES and ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 from the reft of his Fellow Citizens in both thele Refpeds, fecms fomcvvhat 
 extraordinary, and is fcarce to be accounted for but by the preceding Obfer- 
 vation. 
 
 e. Alluding to his Defence of the People o/" England, againfl Sal/iiafiis. See 
 particularly the Manner in which he himfelf fpeaks of that Undertakiag, in the 
 Introdudiion to his Reply to Morus. 
 
 f Edward the Third j from whom defcended Henry Hafi'ings, third Earl of 
 Hiw.trrgdofi, by the Daughter of the Duke of Clare?ice, Brother to Ed'ivard the 
 Fourth. 
 
 g At Whittington^ a Village on the Edge oi Scarf dale i-n Derby fire, the Earls 
 of Dti'onf ire and Danby, with thehord DeLif/iere, privately concerted the Plan of 
 the Revolution. The Houfe, in which they met, is at prefent aFarm-houfe and 
 the Country-people diftinguiih the Room, where they late, by the Name of /if 
 plotting Parlour, 
 
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