To look abroad the world, and all things smile
Like Sophonisba."
Memnon, in the Persian Princess, makes the sun decline rising, that he may not peep on objects which would profane his brightness:—
"The morning rises slow,
And all those ruddy streaks that used to paint
The day's approach are lost in clouds, as if
The horrors of the night had sent 'em back,
To warn the sun he should not leave the sea,
To peep," &c.
[66] This line is highly conformable to the beautiful simplicity of the ancients. It hath been copied by almost every modern:—