But, grieved to find themselves surpassed,[[19]]

Dissolved into a tear.

SELYAGGI’S DISTICH ADDRESSED TO JOHN MILTON.

While at Rome.

Græcia Mœonidem, jactet sibi Roma Maronem,

Anglia Miltonum jactat utrique parem.

DRYDEN’S AMPLIFICATION.

Three poets in three distant ages born,

Greece, Italy, and England did adorn.

The first in loftiness of thought surpassed;