ODES.

CLASS THE SEVENTH.

ODE I.

ON

THE SPANISH SUCCESSION.

BY THE REV. SAMUEL COBB, M. A.

THE Muse, who taught the Theban swan
To stretch his silver wings, and soar
Where vulgar pinions never can,
In regions of the sky, unknown before:
She, queen of numbers, who could raise
The voice of Prior to a pitch so high,
As might with envied Cowley vie,
When listening to his lays,

Old smiling Janus blest the new-born century;
Now from her airy bower descends,

(Not always the companion of the great)

To honor things of meaner state,

And to my song attentive bends.