Note 8 — WINTER:[1]
Reading edition
Virg. Ecl. vi. 83:
Audiit Eurotas, jussitque ediscere lauros.—Pope.
Admitting that a river gently flowing may be imagined a sensible being listening to a song, I cannot enter into the conceit of the river's ordering his laurels to learn the song. Here all resemblance to anything real is quite lost. This however is copied literally by Pope.—Lord Kames.