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Hence on his Fancy juft Conception (nines, 685 

 True Judgment guides his hand, true Tafte refines; 

 Hence ceafelefs toil, xievotion to his art, 

 A docile temper, and a generous heart ; 

 Docile, his fage Preceptor to obey, 

 Generous, his aid with gratitude to pay, 690 



Bleft with the bloom of youth, the nerves of health. 

 And competence a better boon than wealth. 



Great Bleffings thefe ! yet will not thefe empower 

 His Tints to charm at every labouring hour : 

 All have their brilliant moments, when alone 695 

 They paint as if fome ftar propitious fhone. 

 Yet then, ev'n then, the hand but ill conveys 

 The bolder grace that in the Fancy plays : 



Judicium, docile ingenium, cor nobile, fenfus 



Sublimes, firmum corpus, florenfque juventa, 



Comnroda res, labor, artis arnor, do&ufque magifterj 490 



Et quamcumque voles occafio porrigat aniam, 



Ni genius quidam adfuerit, fydufque benignum, 



Dotibus his tantis, nee adhuc ars tanta paratur. 



Diftat ab Lngenio longe manus. Optima do<ftis 



