And thus, I ween, thus fhall I beft repay The valued gifts, thy careful love bestow'd; If imitating THEE, well as I may, I labour to diffuse th' important good 'Till this great truth by all be understood; "That all the pious duties which we owe, "Our parents, friends, our country and our God; "The feeds of every virtue here below, From Difcipline alone, and early Culture grow. CAN TО I. ARGUMENT. The Knight, as to b PÆDIA's house He his young Son conveys, Is ftaid by CUSTOM; with him fights, A And his vain pride difmays. Gentle KNIGHT there was, whose noble deeds O'er Fairy Land by Fame were blazon'd round: For warlike enterprize, and fage e areeds Emong the chief alike was he renown'd; b Pædia is a Greek word, fignifying Education. Areeds, counfels. Whence Whence with the marks of highest honours crown'd That port, to which the wife are ever bound, There in domeftick virtue rich and great The lord, the judge, the father of the plain, From this fair union, not of fordid gain, True fource of lineal virtue, sprung a train Of youths and virgins; like the beauteous grove, d Parent true, the facred olive.] This tree grew in the Altis, or facred grove of Olympick Jupiter at Olympia. having, as the Eleans pretended, been originally planted there by Hercules. It was efteemed facred, and from that were taken the Olympick crowns. See Paufanias. Eliac. and the Differtation on the Olympic Games. Her Her verdant crowns of peaceful victory, The guerdons of bold ftrength, and swift activity. So round their noble parents goodly rofe With prudent culture the young shoots to rear: They by a f Palmer fage inftructed were, Who from deep thought and ftudious fearch erewhile Had learnt to mend the heart, and till the human foil. V. For by cœleftial Wisdom whilom led Through all th' apartments of th' immortal mind, Their various mafks they play'd,and fed her penfive thought. e Guerdons, rewards. f Palmer, pilgrim. The perfon here fignified is Mr. Locke, characteriz'd by his works. g Sted, place, ftation. VI. Alfe h Alfe through the fields of Science had he stray'd Through each learn'd fchool, each philofophick fhade, Or hear the mufick of their charming lore: His curious foul, he turn'd him to explore The facred writ of Faith; to learn, believe, adore: Thence foe profefs'd of Falfhood and Deceit, Thofe fly artificers of tyranny, k Aye holding up before uncertain feet 1 Ne with these glorious gifts elate and vain But, ftooping from his height, would even deign h Alfe, alfo, further. k Aye, ever. i Mote, might. Ne, nor. Eternal Eternal glory Him therefore betide! Let every generous youth bis praise proclaim! Who, wand'ring through the world's rude foreft wide, By him hath been y-taught his courfe to frame To Virtue's sweet abodes, and heav'n-afpiring Fame! IX. For this the FAIRY KNIGHT with anxious thought, And now forth-pacing with his blooming heir, His little train before he flow did ride. 1 Him eke behind a gentle Squire enfues, With his young lord aye marching fide by fide, His counsellour and guard, in goodly m thews, Who well had been brought up, and nurs'd by every Mufe. Enfues, follows. m Thews, manners. XI. Thus |