Note 45 — WINDSOR FOREST.
Reading edition
Originally:
O may no more a foreign master's rage, With wrongs yet legal, curse a future age! Still spread, fair liberty! thy heav'nly wings, Breathe plenty on the fields, and fragrance on the springs.—Pope.
The last couplet was suggested by Addison's Letter to Lord Halifax:
O Liberty, thou goddess heav'nly bright, Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train.