Fam’d Tully, and Demosthenes Renown’d
Ennius first fam’d in Latin Song, in vain
Drew Heliconian Streams, Ungrateful whet
To Jaded Muse, and oft’ with vain attempt
Heroic Acts in Flagging Numbers dull
With pains essay’d but abject still and low,
His Unrecruited Muse could never reach
The mighty Theme, till from the Purple Font
Of bright Lenæan fire, Her barren drought
He quench’d, and with inspiring Nect’rous Juice,