βαντ’ επιοντα τ’ ιδοι
οὑτο δε τον καδμογενη
τρεφει‧ το δ’ αυξει βιοτου
πολυπονον ὡστε πελαγος
κρητιον.
Soph. Trachin.
[69.] Of this the reader will find a noble instance in Pindar’s first Pythian Ode, where he employs from the verse beginning ναυσιφορηταις δ’ αδρασεα,[I] &c. to the end of the stanza, one of the happiest and most natural illustrations that is to be met with either in the works of Pindar, or in those of any Poet whatever. The abrupt address to Phœbus, when he applies the metaphor, is peculiarly beautiful.
[70.] Hor. Epist. Lib. II. Epist. 1.
[71.] Pin. Pyth. Ode X.
[72.] Letter I. [p. xxxiii].
[73.] Pin. Nem. Ode XI.