Premising that DIVINE POETA! is to be literally rendered POETIC
DIVINE, we address Dr. Booker in the words of Virgil,--
"Tale tuum nobis carmin, divine poeta!
Quale sopor--"
See Rev. of Dr. Booker's Calista, Ann. Rev. 1803, p. 564.
It has been said, we know, there but appears
_One_ Epic Poet in a thousand years:
But B--k--r lives to prove the thing untrue;
And to demonstrate that there may be two.
Th' immortal Milton still the first is reckon'd;
The thrice immortal B--k--r is the second;
And Dudley's bells eternally shall toll
In matchless notes for his poetic soul.
To future ages shall his name be given,--
"The saint-like priest who shew'd the way to heav'n,"
Yes! children's children as they drink their liquor,
And pay Church levies still--shall _bless_ the Vicar.
_Qui capit, ille facit._
Nov. 26, 1817.
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