From the Latin of Dr K--- upon the Pr----'s Picture, by J: E:
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Upon the P—'s picture in Latin
by Dr King, & the same translated
Forbes
From the Latin of Dr K--- upon the Pr----'s Picture, by J: E:
Steuart
Upon the Prince's picture in Latin by Doctor King & the same translated
Paton
Latin poem by the same (with translation) on seeing the Prince's picture
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Forbes
Vol. 8, 1602Paton
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From the Latin of Dr K——
upon the Pr——[rince]’s picture, by J:James E:Elphinston
But lo! the HeroeHero meets our wishing Eyes:
See C——[harle]s himself in in living Colours rise!
Such master Art seems nature to command:
The glowing CanvassCanvas owns Apelles’s Hand.
What vigour flushes in the princely Face!
What Spirit sparkles in the radiant Eyes!
What bold Sedateness Foes &and Fiends defies!
O Virtue unsubdu’dunsubdued! O glorious Prince!
Thy Fame nor pen nor pencil needs evince:
Yet thee, in Council Sage, in Battle strong,
Thee highly worthy an Apollo’s Song;
Thee unelated with the first Success
Thee undejected in the last Distress,
Thee fain the Muse would sing; but wise, restrains,
Unus’d, unequal to exalted Strains.
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Forbes, Robert. “From the Latin of Dr K--- upon the Pr----'s Picture, by J: E:.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 8,
Adv.MS.32.6.23, fol. 5v. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/