Note {137c} — BOOK II.
Thomas Francklin translation
“Two portals firm the various phantoms keep; Of ev’ry one; whence flit, to mock the brain, Of wingéd lies a light fantastic train; The gate opposed pellucid valves adorn, And columns fair, encased with polished horn; Where images of truth for passage wait.” See Pope’s Homer’s “Odyssey,” bk. xix., 1. 637. See also Virgil, who has pretty closely imitated his master.