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Thefe while beneath fome Matter's eye you trace, 

 Vers'd in the lore of fymmetry and grace, 

 Boldly proceed, his precepts fhall impart 

 Each fweet deception of the pleafing art ; 

 Still more than precept fhall his pradlice teach, 595 

 And add what felf-refle&ion ne'er can reach. 



Oft when alone the ftudious hour employ LIX. 



On what may aid your art, and what deftroy : 



mutt be 



Diveriity of parts is fure to pleafe, L x. 



Diverfity and 



If all the various parts unite with eafe; 6oo|3ng. are 



As fiirely charms that voluntary ftyle, 



Which carelefs plays and feems to mock at toil : 



For labor 'd lines with cold exadlnefs tire, 



'Tis Freedom only gives the for"ce and fire 



Noverit, infpe&is, dodlo evolvente magiftro, 430 



Archetypis, dulcefque dolos prasfenferit artis. 



Plufque manu ante oculos quam voce docebitur ufus. LJX 



.. Ars debet fer- 



Quaere artern qujecunque juvant ; fuge quseque repugnant, vire Piaori. 



non Pi<5tor 



Corpora diverfae naturse junda placebunt; Arti - 



LX. 



Sic ea qux facili contempta labore videntur: 4 ^ocui os recre- 



^^-'ant d!vefitas 



JEthereus quippe ignis inert 6c fpiritus illis; 



ciatini Ars di- 

 diur. 



