...first on the banks of Hebrus did produce. Thee, whom Mseonia educated, whom Mantua charmed, and who, on that fair hill which overlooks the proud metropolis...Foretel me that some tender maid, whose grandmother is \ei unborn, hereafter, when, under the fictitious name of Sophia, she reads the real worth which once...

...tuning the heroic lyre; fill my ravished fancy with the hopes of charming ages yet to come. Foretell me that some tender maid, whose grandmother is yet...Sophia, she reads the real worth which once existed in my Charlotte, shall from her sympathetic breast send forth the heaving sigh. Do thou teach me not only...

...whom Mantua* charmed, and who, on that fair hill which overlooks the proud metropolis of Britain, sat, with thy Milton, sweetly tuning the heroic lyre; —...fancy with the hopes of charming ages yet to come. Foretell me that some tender maid, whose grandmother is yet unborn, hereafter, when, under the fictitious...

...whom Mantua5 charmed, and who, on that fair hill which overlooks the proud metropolis of Britain, sat, with thy Milton, sweetly tuning the heroic lyre; —...fancy with the hopes of charming ages yet to come. Foretell me that some tender maid, whose grandmother is yet unborn, hereafter, when, under the fictitious...

...whom Mantua2 charmed, and who, on that fair hill which overlooks the proud metropolis of Britain, sat, with thy Milton, sweetly tuning the heroic lyre; —...fancy with the hopes of charming ages yet to come. Foretell me that some tender maid, whose grandmother is yet unborn, hereafter, when, under the fictitious...

...first on the banks of Hebrus did produce. Thee, whom Maeonia educated, whom Mantua charmed, and who, on that fair hill which overlooks the proud metropolis...ravished fancy with the hopes of charming ages yet to some. Foretel me that some tender maid, whose grandmother is yet unborn, hereafter, when, under the...

...whom Mantua charm'd, and who, on that fair hill which overlooks the proud metropolis of Britain, sat, with thy Milton, sweetly tuning the heroic lyre; fill...Sophia, she reads the real worth which once existed in my Charlotte, shall, from her sympathetic breast, send forth the heaving sigh. Do thou teach me not...

...invocation to Fame in the introduction to one of the books into which the novel was divided. ' Do thou fill my ravished fancy with the hopes of charming ages yet to come. Teach me not only to foresee, but to enjoy, nay, even to feed on future praise. Comfort me by a solemn...

...Hebrus did produce. Thee, whom M<eonia2 educated, whom Mantua3 charm'd, and who, on that fair Hill4 which overlooks the proud Metropolis of Britain, satst,...Sophia, she reads the real Worth which once existed in my Charlotte,* shall, from her sympathetic Breast, send forth the heaving Sigh. Do thou teach me not...

...from directly invoking Milton's muse: "Thee, whom Maeonia educated, whom Mantua charm'd, and who, on that fair Hill which overlooks the proud Metropolis...with thy Milton, sweetly tuning the Heroic lyre...." (XIII, i). The narrator even seems to consider his theme of equal epic stature with that of the Odyssey...