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A

DISCOURSE

ON

ASTORAL POETRY.

HERE are not, I believe, a greater num

ber of any fort of verses than of those which called Paftorals; nor a fmaller, than of those ich are truly fo. It therefore seems necessary give some account of this kind of Poem, and 's my defign to comprize in this short paper the Sstance of those numerous dissertations the Critics ve made on the subject, without omitting any their rules in my own favour. You will also ad fome points reconciled, about which they feem differ, and a few remarks, which, I think, ave escaped their observation. The original of Poetry is ascribed hich succeeded the creation of the

3 the keeping of flocks fe mployment of mankind. oetry was probably pa,

to have

hoft a

It

PASTORALS,

WITH A

Discourse on PASTORAL.

Written in the Year MDCC IV

Rura mihi et rigui placeant in vallibus amnes,
Flumina amem, fylvasque, inglorius!

VIRG