In ruin wide the self-built structure spread,

And bid despondency erect her drooping head.

III.

Or, if those scenes delight thee more,

Which erst thy Ariosto drew,

O teach my muse like his to soar,

And ope thy treasures to her view!

For all that captivates the mind,

In his aspiring verse we find;

Where, wrapt in fancy’s pleasing guise