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Nor yet to Nature fuch ftricl: homage pay 



t x->, i i 1 Nature to be 



As not to quit when Genius leads the way; accommoda- 



J ted to Genius. 



Nor yet, tho' Genius all his fuccour fends, 245 

 Her mimic pow'rs tho' ready Mem'ry lends, 

 Prefume from Nature wholly to depart,. 

 For Nature is- the arbitrefs of art- 

 In Error's grove ten thoufanci thickets fpread, 

 Ten thoufand devious paths our fteps miflead ; 250 

 'Mid curves^ that vary in perpetual twine, 

 Truth owns but one direct and perfedl line. 



Spread then her genuine charms o'er all the piece, xx. 



The Antiqce 



Sublime and perfedl as they glow'd in Greece. 



Non ita naturae aiVanti iis cuique revinftus, - xix. 



Natura genio 



Hanc praeter nihil ut genio iludioque relinquas; accommodan- 



Nee fine tefte rei natura, artiique magiflra, 



Quidlibet ingenio, memor ut tantummodo rerum, 180 



Pingere pofle putes ; errorum eft plurima fylva, 



Multiplicefque vise,- bene agendi terminus unus, 



Linea re<fta velut fola eft, & mille recurva? ;- 



Sedjuxta antiques naturam imitabere pulchram, signa an'tiqua 



Natura; mo- 



Qualem forma rei propria, objedlumque requirit. i85 dum 



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