ROme was not better by her Horace taught,
Than we are here, to comprehend his thought
The Poet writ to Noble Piso, there,
A Noble Piso do's instruct us here,
Gives us a pattern in his flowing Stile,
And with rich Precepts do's oblige our Isle,
Brittain, whose Genious is in Verse exprest
Bold and sublime, but negligently drest;
Than we are here, to comprehend his thought
The Poet writ to Noble Piso, there,
A Noble Piso do's instruct us here,
Gives us a pattern in his flowing Stile,
And with rich Precepts do's oblige our Isle,
Brittain, whose Genious is in Verse exprest
Bold and sublime, but negligently drest;
Horace