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Genius again con-eft with Science fage, 

 And curb luxuriant Fancy's headlong rage. 

 " Right ever reigns its ftated bounds between, 

 " And Tafte, like Morals, loves the golden mean. 



Some lofty theme let judgment firft fupply, ico m 



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Supremely fraught with grace and majefty ; 

 For fancy copious, free to ev'ry charm 

 That lines can circumfcribe or colours warm, 

 Still happier if that artful theme difpenfe 

 A poignant moral and inftru&ive fenfe. 105 EWD 



Then let the virgin canvas fmooth expand, invention the 



firft Part of 



To claim the {ketch and tempt the ArtiftVhand : Painting - 



Indolis excolitur, Geniumque Scientia complet; 65 



Luxurianfque in monftra furor compefcitur Arte. 

 " Eft modus in rebus, funt certi deniquejines, 

 *' >uos ultra citraque nequit conjijlere reSlum" 



His pofitis, erit optandum thema nobile, pulchrum, ur. 



De 



Qiiodque venuftatum, circa formam atque colorem, 70 to - 

 S,ponte capax, amplam emerits mox praebeat Arti 

 Materiam, retegens aliquid falis & documenti. 

 Tandem opus aggredior: primoq: occurrit in albo 



Piaorse Pars. 



Pifponenda typi, concepta potente Minerva, 



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