Thofe genuine Charms to fei-ze, with zeal explore 

 The vafes, medals, ftatueS) form'd of yore, 256 

 Relievos high that fwell the column's ftem, 

 Speak from the marble, fparkle from the gem: 

 Hence all-majeftic on th' expanding foul, 



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In copious tide the bright ideas roll ; 26 



. 

 Fill it with radiant forms unknown before, 



Forms fuch as demigods and heroes wore : 

 Here paufe and pity our enervate days, 

 Hopelefs to rival their tranfcendant praife. 

 xxi. m Peculiar toil on (ingle forms beftow, 26* 



now to paint o - 



There let Expreffion lend its finifh'd glow ; 



There each variety of tint unite 



With the full harmony of {hade and light. 



Non te igitur latcant antiqua numifmata, gemmae, 

 Vafa, typi, flat use, caslataque marmora fignis, 

 Quodque refert fpecie veterum poft faecula mentem : 

 * Splendidior quippc ex illis affurgit imago, 



Magnaque fe rerum facies aperit meditanti; .19Q 



Tune noftri tenuem faecli miferebere fortem, 

 Cum fpes nulla fiet rediturse aequalis in asvum. 

 Exquifita fiet forma, dum Tola figura 



tanda, 



Pingitur ; & multis variata coloribus eilo 



