_Ante_ ii. 293.
[876] Boswell wrote to Johnson on Feb. 2, 1775, (_ante_, ii. 295):--'Lord
Hailes bids me tell you he doubts whether--
"Legitimas faciunt pectora pura preces,"
be according to the rubrick, but that is your concern; for you know, he
is a Presbyterian.'
[877] In Johnson's _Works_, i. 167, these lines are given with
amendments and additions, mostly made by Johnson, but some, Mr. Croker
believes, by Mr. Langton. In the following copy the variations are
marked in italics.
INSULA KENNETHI, INTER HEBRIDAS.
Parva quidem regio sed religione priorum
_Clara_ Caledonias panditur inter aquas.
Voce ubi Cennethus populos domuisse feroces
Dicitur, et vanos dedocuisse deos.
Huc ego delatus placido per caerula cursu,
Scire _locus_ volui quid daret _iste_ novi.
Illic Leniades humili regnabat in aula,
Leniades, magnis nobilitatus avis.
Una duas _cepit_ casa cum genitore puellas,
Quas Amor undarum _crederet_ esse deas.
_Nec_ tamen inculti gelidis latuere sub antris,
Accola Danubii qualia saevus habet.
Mollia non _desunt_ vacuae solatia vitae
Sive libros poscant otia, sive lyram.
_Fulserat_ illa dies, legis _qua_ docta supernae
Spes hominum _et_ curas _gens_ procul esse jubet.
_Ut precibus justas avertat numinis iras,
Et summi accendat pectus amore boni.
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