365 The centre mov'd, a circle strait succeeds, 370 Come then, my Friend! my Genius! come along; Oh master of the poet, and the fong! VARIATIONS. 374 VER. 373. Come then, my friend! &c.] in the MS. thus, And now transported o'er so vast a Plain, While the wing'd courser flies with all her rein, NOTES. five Species of Elocution, from which, as from its Sources, Longinus deduceth the SUBLIMEа VER. 373. Come then, my Friend! &c.] This noble Apostrophe, by which the Poet concludes the Essay in an address to his friend, will furnish a Critic with Examples of every one of those | Conception : 1. The first and chief is a Grandeur and Sublimity of α-πέντε πηγαί τινές εἰσιν τ ̓ ὑψηγορίας. Ι. Πρῶτον μὲν κὶ κράτισον τὸ περὶ τὰς νοήσεις ἁδρεπήβολον. 2. Δεύτερον δὲ τὸ σφοδρὸν κὶ ἐνθεσιαςικὸν πάθω. 3. Ποιὰ τῶν σχημάτων πλάσις. 4. Ἡ γενναῖα φράσις. 5. Πέμπλη δὲ μεγέθες αἰτία, κὶ συγκλείωσα τὰ πρὸ ἑαυτῆς ἅπανια, ἡ ἐν ἀξιώματι κὶ διάρσει σύνθεσις. And while the Muse now stoops, or now afcends, To Man's low paffions, or their glorious ends, VARIATIONS. While heav'n-ward now her mounting wing she feels, NOTES. Come then, my Friend! my Genius! come along, And while the Muse now ftoops, and now afcends, To Man's low passions, or their glorious ends, 2. The Second, that Pa the same Time, melts and thetic Enthusiasm, which, at inflames: Teach me, like thee, in various nature wife, 3. A certain elegant Formation and Ordonance of Figures: O! while along the stream of Time thy name 4. A fplendid Diction : When ftatefemen, heroes, kings, in dust repose, Teach me, like thee, in various nature wife, 380 385 Say, shall my little bark attendant fail, Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend? 390 From founds to things, from fancy to the heart ; NOTES. That, urg'd by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art, 5. And fifthly, which in cludes in itself all the rest, a Weight and Dignity in the Composition: Shew'd erring Pride whatever is, is RIGHT; That REASON, PASSION, answer one great AIM; And all our Knowledge is OURSELVES TO KNOW? G For Wit's false mirror held up Nature's light; Shew'd erring Pride, WHATEVER IS, IS RIGHT; That REASON, PASSION, answer one great aim; 395 That true SELF-LOVE and SOCIAL are the same; That VIRTUE only makes our Bliss below; And all our Knowledge is, OURSELVES TO KNOW. VARIATIONS. VER. 397. That Virtue only, &c.) in the MS. thus, That just to find a God is all we can, |