'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
And Tennyson's Brook,
Men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.
And feel that I am happier than I know.—Milton.[466]
The allusion to the Greek poet will be obvious to the classical reader.—W. W. 1820.
I was indebted to Professor Jebb, in 1883, for the following note:—
"While we, the brave, the mighty, and the wise,