O Thou! who late on VAGA'S flow'ry Banks Slumb'ring secure, with Stirom well bedew'd, Fallacious Cask, in sacred Dreams wert taught By antient SEERS, and MERLIN Prophet old, To raise ignoble Themes with Strains sublime, Be thou my Guide! while I thy Tract pursue With Wing unequal, thro' the wide Expanse Advent'rous Range, and emulate thy Flights.