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Excerpt from The Triumph of Genius, a Dream: Sacred to the Memory of the Late Mr. Charles Churchill T hro' lonefome Paths I travell'd under Ground, 'till on Elyfium's Banks myfelf I found And faw, furpriz'd, upon the other Shore, T wo Souls advancing to be ferry'd o'er; The one a Painter only great a} Name, T;other a Poet of immortal Fame; The firft of his Abilities fo proud, That with difdainful Air he call'd aloud To Gbaran Here, you Fellow, take me o'er, A greater Genius never blefs'd this Shore Hafie at your Peril, here's a Wretch draws nigh, Had he dy'd firft, I'd wrote his Elegy, He boaf'ts fuperior Genius, but 'tis known No one e'er yet had Genius like myown Take me but o'er before this haughty Bard, And, trui't my Honour, Gold is your Reward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.