Note 256 — AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Between ver. 646 and 647, I have found the following lines, since suppressed by the author:
That bold Columbus of the realms of wit, Whose first discovery's not exceeded yet. Led by the light of the Mæonian star, He steered securely, and discovered far. He, when all nature was subdued before, Like his great pupil, sighed and longed for more; Fancy's wild regions yet unvanquished lay, A boundless empire, and that owned no sway. Poets, &c.—Warburton.