"Soft-footed winds with tuneful voices there
Dance through the perfumed air,
There silver rivers through enamel'd meadows glide,
And golden trees enrich their side."
Translation of Pindar's Second Olympic Ode.
Or let him compare Gray's Latin and English verses upon the death of his friend Mr. West with Cowley's upon the death of Mr. William Harvey and Mr. Crashaw:
"Hail, Bard Triumphant! and some care bestow
On us the Poets Militant below," &c.
Cowley on Mr. Crashaw.
"At Tu, sancta anima, et nostri non indiga luctus," &c.