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Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. SOME BEAUTIES YET NO PRECEPTS CAN DECLARE FOR THERE IS A HAPPINESS AS WELL AS CARE
way. You then, whose judgment the right course would steer, Know well each ancient's proper character, His fable subject scope in every page, Religion, country, genius of his age Without all these at once before your eyes, Cavil you may, but never criticise. Be Homers works your study and delight, Read them by day and meditate by night, Thence form your judgment thence your maxims bring And trace the muses upward to their spring. Still with itself compared, his text peruse, And let your comment be the Mantuan Muse. [129] When first young Maro in his boundless mind, [130] A work to outlast immortal Rome designed, Perhaps he seemed above the critic's law And but from nature's fountain scorned to draw But when to examine every part he came Nature and Homer were he found the same Convinced, amazed, he checks the bold design And rules as strict his labored work confine As if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line [138] Learn hence for ancient rules a just esteem, To copy nature is to copy them. NING QUITE AWAY YOU THEN WHOSE JUDGMENT THE RIGHT CAUSE WOULD STARE NO WELL WHICH ANCIENTS PROPER CHARACTER HIS FAVORABLE SUBJECT SCOPE IN EVERY PAGE RELIGION COUNTRY GENIUS OF HIS AGE WITHOUT ALL THIS AT ONCE BEFORE YOUR EYES TRAVEL YOU MAY BUT NEVER CRITICISE BEHOMA'S WORKS YOUR STUDY AND DELIGHT READ THEM BY DAY AND MEDITATE BY NIGHT TENSE FORM YOUR JUDGMENT THENCE YOUR MAXIM SPRING AND TRACE THE MUSES OUTWARD TO YOUR SPRING STILL WITH ITSELF COMPARED HIS TEXT PERUSE AND LET THE COMMENTS BE THE MONTEOUS MUSE WHEN FIRST YOUNG MARVEL IN HIS BOUNDLESS MIND A WORD STOUT BLOOD AT LAST IN MORTAL ROOM RESIGN PERHAPS HE SEEMED ABOVE THE CRITICS LAW AND BUT FROM NATURE'S FOUNTAINS SCORN TO DRAW BUT WHEN THEY EXAMINE EVERY PART HE CAME NATURE AND HOMER WHERE HE FOUND THE SAME CONVINCED AMAZED HE CHECKS BOLD DESIGN AND RULES AS STRICT HIS LIBERATE WORK CONFINED AS IF THE STAGGERER HAD OVERLOOKED EACH LINE LEARN HENCE FOR NATURE FOR ANCIENT RULES ARE JUST ESTEEMED TO COPY NATURE IS TO COPY THEM
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