CV.

Lausanne! and Ferney! ye have been the abodes Of Names which unto you bequeathed a name;[22.B.] Mortals, who sought and found, by dangerous roads, A path to perpetuity of Fame: They were gigantic minds, and their steep aim Was, Titan-like, on daring doubts to pile Thoughts which should call down thunder, and the flame Of Heaven again assailed--if Heaven, the while, On man and man's research could deign do more than smile.