He 's of the true Parnassian lineage,
And should be Laureate—if he care to be so.
Sidney.
Would he but heed what Horace wrote to Piso!
"The singing-skill of god Apollo's giving"
Is his, however, and no lyrist living
Hath such a stretch of finger, or such tone.
Mr. Punch.
Faith, but he sings immortal Fames—your own,
My Philip, latest and not least—in strains