Excerpt from The Works of the British Poets, Vol. 48: Including the Most Esteemed Translations From the Greek and Roman Authors; Containing Francis and Pye's Version of Horace It costs him no more to paint with traits sublime the soul of Cato or of Regulus, than enchantingly to sing the caresses of Lalage, or the coquetries of Pyrrha.' The works indeed of this incompa rable author are equally the delight of our early and maturer years; and his life, though void of adventure, has been so often the subject of bio graphy, that it is not easy to discover a single circumstance of his existence which at this late period has been unexplored. On the present occa sion, therefore, nothing new can be expected; but the contemplation and praise of acknowledged excellence can scarcely produce fatigue by repe tition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.