"Methinks as thrown upon some Fairy Land, / Amaz'd we know not how, nor where we stand; / While tripping Phantoms to the Sight advance, / And gay Ideas lead the mazy Dance."
To Sir James Thornhill, on His Excellent Painting the Rape of Helen, at the Seat of General Erle in Dorsetshire. Written in the Year 1718. [from Poems and Translations]