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In return for this service, and for other services of the same kind, the veteran poet, in the postscript to the translation of the Aeniad complimented his young friend with great liberality, and indeed with more liberality than sincerity. He affected to be afraid that his own performance would not sustain a comparison with the version of the fourth Georgic, by "the most ingenious Mr.
It was not quite equal to Homer, and inferior, in many points, to both the Aeniad and the Dunciad; but not on that account did the poet undervalue it. He read with that deep appreciation which authors in all ages have brought to bear upon their own productions. Verty preserved a profound and respectful silence, which flattered the poet hugely.
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