Bath.
PERVENIRI AD SUMMUM NISI EX PRINCIPIIS NON POTEST.
(From the Latin of Vincent Bourne.)
Newton, the light of each succeeding age,
First learned his letters from a female sage.
But thus far taught—the alphabet once learn'd—
To loftier use those elements he turn'd.
Forced th' unconscious signs, by process rare,
Known quantities with unknown to compare;