And climb the frozen Alps, and tread th' eternal snow.
[18] Virg. Ecl. v. 46:
Quale sopor fessis in gramine, quale per æstum
Dulcis aquæ saliente sitim restinguere rivo.—Pope.
[19] "Faint with pain" is both flat and improper. It is fatigue, and not pain that makes them faint.—Wakefield.
[20] The turn of the last four lines is evidently borrowed from Drummond of Hawthornden, a charming but neglected poet.
To virgins flow'rs, to sun-burnt earth the rain,
To mariners fair winds amid the main,
Cool shades to pilgrims, whom hot glances burn,
Are not so pleasing as thy blest return.—Warton.
[21] Virg. Ecl. viii. 108:
an, qui amant, ipsi sibi somnia fingunt?—Pope.
In the first edition, conformably to the original plan of the Pastoral, the passage stood thus:
Do lovers dream, or is my shepherd kind?
He comes, my shepherd comes.—Wakefield.