Note 185 — WINDSOR FOREST.
Reading edition
He adopted one or two hints, and especially the turn of the compliment to Lord Lansdowne, from the conclusion of Addison's Letter to Lord Halifax:
But I've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more adventurous song. My humble verse demands a softer theme, A painted meadow, or a purling stream: Unfit for heroes; whom immortal lays And lines like Virgil's, or like yours, should praise.