...Loitering in Ease, That GREECE obtain'd the brighter Palm of Art, That soft yet ardent ATHENS learn'd to please, To keen the Wit, and to sublime the Heart, In all supreme ! compleat in every Part ! It was not thence majestic ROME arose, And o'er the Nations shook her conquering...

...fuses the English achievements of Milton, Shakespeare, and Spenser (2.52) with classical precursors: "It was not by vile loitering in ease That Greece...art; That soft yet ardent Athens learned to please, It was not thence majestic Rome arose, And o'er the nations shook her conquering dart." (250) Thus,...

...secured ? 37.— What explanation would you give to Standard VI. if reading the following?— " It wss not by vile loitering in ease That Greece obtained...learned to please. To keen the wit, and to sublime the art, In all supreme 1 complete in every part ! It was not thence majestic Rome arose, And o'er the...