_Burns and Propertius._--There is a strange inclination to attribute
similarity of sentiment to plagiarism; as if it were almost impossible
for two men of genius to hit upon the same notions, independently of
each other. In Propertius (II. i. 3, 4.) we find--
"Non hæc Calliope, non hæc mihi cantat Apollo,
Ingenium nobis ipsa puella facit."