Note 105 — STATIUS'S THEBAIS.
Reading edition
In the first edition this verse was an Alexandrine, ending with "and wake the sleeping fires," which Pope took from Dryden, Virg. Æn. viii, 720:
And on his altars waked the sleeping fires.
Reading edition
In the first edition this verse was an Alexandrine, ending with "and wake the sleeping fires," which Pope took from Dryden, Virg. Æn. viii, 720:
And on his altars waked the sleeping fires.