HISTORIQUE.

[ZaunköniG]

Similarity in extreme or style
Is oft observed, as imitation there
Had with intention or th' oppos'd its wile
Transferr'd; the last, 'twould commonly repair —

Wolfe's deploying on the Zenophon lair
To elude the Carduchi would portray
Th' unexceptionable ; Napoleon where
The dissolution reviv'd Cromwell's day.

Poison, or the dread alternative sent
To Aridseus' Queen would associate
Queenly vengeance that "fair Rosamond" rent
From all that high-raised splendour could invest ;
For more examples survey the world's state,
Life-resembling illustrations this well attest.