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their works — they are all ideal — yet we cannot condemn them ; 

 they may be said to stand alone — snch as Salvator Rosa, 

 whose style is ideal in form, colour, and composition ; they are 

 defective in elegance and simplicity ; there is much in his 

 wild uncultivated appearance of savage nature, possessing 

 some elevation of thought, and a perfect correspondence in all 

 its parts. We cannot compare him with any of our own 

 painters ; but he bears a strong resemblance to the wild 

 imagery of Ossian. In thus alluding to poetry, I would re- 

 mark, that such is the close and intimate connexion between 

 Poetry and Painting, that the one can scarcely be said to 

 exist without the other, and are essentially combined, although 

 differing in modes of expression : Salvator Rosa is an instance 

 of tins combination. Mr. Roscoe appears to have entertained 

 similar opinions. In his comparison between the great Mas- 

 ters of Poetry and Painting he thus expresses himself — 



" Majestic, nervous, bold, and strong, 



Let Angelo with Milton vie ; 



Opposed to Waller's am'rous song, 



His art let wanton Titian try : 



Let great Romana's free design 



Contend with Dryden's pompous line ; 



And chaste Correggio's graceful air, 



With Pope's unbleniish'd page compare ; 



Loraine may rival Thompson's name, 



And Hogarth equal Butler's fame ; 



And still, where'er the aspiring muse 



Her wide unbounded flight pursues, 



Her sister soars on kindred wings sublime, 



And gives her favorite names to grace the rolls of time." 



In another poem on the revival of art in the fifteenth cen- 

 tury, he again alludes to the same subject : — 



" When great Lorenzo, midst his mild domain. 

 Led the gay Muses and their kindred train; 

 Then as the bard the imagined story drew, 

 The kindling artist bade it rise to view; 

 Till the strong comment sham'd the sister art, 

 And found a nearer passage to the heart ' 



