349 Beftirs her then, and from each tender stalk and in Virgil, Æn. XII. 680. -hunc, oro, fine me furere ante furorem: Wants cian iland in the Ionian fea (now the gulf of Venice) anciently call'd Phæacia, then Corcyra, now Corfu, under the dominion of the Ve and many more inftances might be netians. The foil is fruitful in oil, given. wine, and moft excellent fruits, and its owner is made famous for his gardens celebrated by Homer. Hume. Wants her fit veffels pure, then ftrows the ground With rofe and odors from the shrub unfum'd. Mean while our primitive great fire, to meet 350 His God-like gueft, walks forth, without more train Accompanied than with his own complete Perfections; in himself was all his state, More folemn than the tedious pomp that waits Of horses led, and grooms besmear'd with gold, 355 As to' a fuperior nature, bowing low, 360 Thus faid. Native of Heav'n, for other place None can than Heav'n such glorious shape contain; Those happy places thou haft deign'd a while Be over, and the fun more cool decline, 370 Adam, Turbaque miratur matrum, et as he is fitting: See my note on profpectat euntem, Attonitis inhians animis. II. 917. Pearce. 371. th' angelic Virtue] The Angel: thus Homer ufes Пeaμolo Bin the frength of Priam for Priam himself, Iliad. III. 105. and Exopμer for Hector, Iliad. XIV. 418. Adam, I therefore came, nor art thou fuch As may not oft invite, though Spirits of Heaven They came, that like Pomona's arbor fmil'd Stood to' entertain her gueft from Heav'n; no veil 378. Pomona's arbor] The Goddess of fruit-trees might well be fuppofed to have a delightful arbor, but that could not be more delightful in imagination, than this was in reality. See Ovid. Met. XIV. 623. &c. 380. Undeck'd fave with herself] This is fimplex munditiis indeed, beyond Horace's, and makes an excellent contraft to Ovid's defcription of the fine lady full drefs'd, - Bestow'd, faying, Induitur, formofa eft; exuitur, ipfa forma eft. Drefs'd, the is beautiful; undrefs'd, the is beauty itself. With the fame elegance of expreffion, defcribing Adam, he has faid, -in himself was all his ftate. 382. Of three that in mount Ida naked ftrove,] The judgment of Paris is very well known in preferring Venus to Juno and Minerva, that is beauty to power and wisdom: a different choice pars minima eft ipfa puella fui. defir'd wifdom rather than riches from that of young Solomon, who It calls to mind that memorable and honor. 384.- virtue Beftow'd, the holy falutation us'd Long after to bleft Mary, fecond Eve. Hail Mother of Mankind, whofe fruitful womb Shall fill the world more numerous with thy fons, Than with these various fruits the trees of God 390 Have heap'd this table. Rais'd of graffy turf Their table was, and moffy feats had round, And on her ample fquare from fide to fide All autumn pil'd, though spring and autumn here Danc'd hand in hand. A while discourse they hold; No fear left dinner cool; when thus began 396 Our author. Heav'nly ftranger, please to tafte These bounties, which our Nourisher, from whom All perfect good, unmeasur'd out, descends, |