The art of English poetryContaining . -timents which Mankind, according to theifjeveral Temperaments,ever had, and ever wilt have of it; fiieh may objcrve, that Ihave flr icily avoided all manner of Obfiekity throughout thezcholeColleSlion : Andtho here and there a Ti70:ught may perhaps havea Caji of JVantonnefs, yet the ekajily Metaphors palliate theBroadnefs of the Meaning, ^haflenef of the Words qua-lifies the Lnfcivioufntfs ef the Images they reprefevt. And-letthem farther know, that I have not alzvays chojen what I moftapproved, but what carries zuith it the beft Strokes for Imitat
The art of English poetryContaining . -timents which Mankind, according to theifjeveral Temperaments,ever had, and ever wilt have of it; fiieh may objcrve, that Ihave flr icily avoided all manner of Obfiekity throughout thezcholeColleSlion : Andtho here and there a Ti70:ught may perhaps havea Caji of JVantonnefs, yet the ekajily Metaphors palliate theBroadnefs of the Meaning, ^haflenef of the Words qua-lifies the Lnfcivioufntfs ef the Images they reprefevt. And-letthem farther know, that I have not alzvays chojen what I moftapproved, but what carries zuith it the beft Strokes for Imitation:A 4 For, The PREFACE, /br, upon the whole Matter, it was not my Bufinefs to judge anyfarther i than of the Vigour atid Force of Thoughtt of the Purityof Language, of the Aptnefs and Propriety of ExpreJJtoni andabove all, of the Beauty of Colouring, in which the Poets Artchiefly confijis. Nor, injhort, would I take upon me to deter-mine what things fhould have been faid ; but have fhewn onlywhat are faid, and in what Manner. RULES. a. D%. ^ S(l- ?^^-?? RULES For making ENGLISH VERSE. IN the Enrlljh Vernfication there are two Things chieflyto be confiderd ; 1. The Verfes. 2. The feveral forts ofPoems, or Compofidons in becaufe in the Verfes there are alfo two Things to be obfervd, The Struflure oftheVcrfe, and the Rhyme; thisTreatife-fhall be divided into three Chapters; J. Of the Structure of En^/ij2? Verfes. If. Of Rhyme. lir. Of the feveral Sorts of Poems, or Compofuions i:: CHAP. I. 0/ the St7u5fure of Englilh P\^rjes. THB Strudure of our Verfes, whether Blank, or inRhyme, confiils in. sl certain Number of Syllables;not in Feet composd. of long and fbbrt Syllables, as theVerfes of the Greeks2:n6. Romans. And though fome ingeni-ous Perfons formerly puzzld themfelves in prefcribing Ruksfor the Quantity of .jE/2s///!2». Syllables, and, in Imitationof the Latinsy cornpasd Verfes by o^ Sp:?id£Cj^Dn8ytSy iffc. .yet the Suceefs .of h
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