"Instead of hallow'd hill, or vocal vale,  / Or stream, sweet-echoing to the tuneful tale;  / Damp dens confin'd, or barren desarts spread,  / Which spectres haunted, and the muses fled; / Ruins in pensive emblem seem'd to rise,  / And all was dark, or wild, to Fancy's eyes."
The Volunteer-Laureat. Most Humbly inscribed to Her Majesty, on her Birth-day. By Richard Savage Esq. Number II. For the Year 1733. To Be Continued Annually. [from The Works]
At least 8 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1734, 1765, 1777, 1780, 1775, 1777, 1780, 1790).<br>
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The second of five such "volunteer" birthday poems. See <u>The Volunteer-Laureat. Most Humbly Inscribed to Her Majesty, on her Birth-day. By Richard Savage Esq. Number II. For the Year 1733. To Be Continued Annually.</u> (London: Printed for L. Gilliver, over-against St. Dunstan's-Church in Fleet-Street, 1733), p. 5. &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CB127749982&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Works of Richard Savage ... With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Samuel Johnson.</u> A New Edition (London: Printed for T. Evans, 1777). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xr  i:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:po:Z300480907:3">Link to LION</a>&gt;