Banks
!
which
inspir'd
thy
Otway's
plaintive
strain
!
Wilds
!
whose
lorn
echoes
learn'd
the
deeper
tone
Of
Collins'
powerful
shell
!
Collins
,
as
well
as
Otway
,
was
a
native
of
this
country
,
and
probably
at
some
period
of
his
life
an
inhabitant
of
this
neighborhood
,
since
in
his
beautiful
Ode
on
the
death
of
Colonel
Ross
,
he
says
:
The
Muse
shall
still
,
with
social
aid
,
Her
gentlest
promise
keep
,
E'en
humble
Harting's
cottag'd
vale
Shall
learn
the
sad
repeated
tale
,
And
bid
her
shepherds
weep
.
And
in
the
Ode
to
Pity
:
Wild
Arun
too
has
heard
thy
strains
,
And
Echo
,
midst
my
native
plains
,
Been
sooth'd
with
Pity's
lute
.