Sing , tuneful Muse, Vulcan with wisdom fraught,
Vulcan, with blue-ey'd Pallas join'd, who taught
Man's earth-born race, that, like the bestial brood,
Haunted the rugged cave or sheltering wood,
The' inventive powers of dædal art to know,
And all the joys from social life that flow;
In search no more of casual seats to roam,
But rear with skilful hand the lasting dome.—
Propitious Vulcan! may thy favouring power
Virtue and fortune on thy votary shower.