v . c . 8 3 



Some too there are within whofe languid breafts, 

 A lifelefs heap of embryo knowledge refts, 8 5 



When nor the pencil feels their drowzy art, 

 Nor the fkill'd hand explains the meaning heart. 

 In chains of Sloth fuch talents droop confin'd : 

 'Twas not by words Apelles charm'd mankind. 



Hear then theMufe; tho' perfedl beauty towers 90 

 Above the reach of her defcriptive powers, 

 Yet will" fhe ftrive fome leading rules to draw 

 From fovereign Nature's univerfal law ; 

 Stretch her wide view o'er antient Art's domain, 

 Again eftablim Reafon's legal reign, 95 



Sic nihil ars opera manuum privata fupremum 

 Exequitur, fed languet iners uti vinda lacertos > 

 Difpofitumque typum Don lingua pinxit Apelles. 

 Ergo licet tota normam haud poffimus in artc 

 Ponere (cum nequeant quae funt pulcherrima dici) 

 Niiimur haec paucis, fcrutati fumma magiftras 

 Dogmata Natura?, artifque exemplaria prima 

 Altius intuiti ; Tic mens habilifque facultas 



