Chiefs, by wh And Poets, w Oft I the trac Your ashes vi: Oft kifs, with With ivy's Thofe hallov Than all the As late of While with Crown'd w Beheld the Stranger, h These grate When tho To Pope tl: Great B To whom I If high exa Near Me a: No more l That flow 1 In all the fl But fhun th A DISCOURSE ON ASTORAL POETRY. HERE are not, I believe, a greater number of any fort of verses than of those which called Paftorals; nor a fmaller, than of those ich are truly fo. It therefore feems neceflary give fome account of this kind of Poem, and 's my defign to comprize in this fhort paper the Oftance of those numerous differtations the Critics ve made on the fubject, without omitting any their rules in my own favour. You will alfo d fome points reconciled, about which they seem differ, and a few remarks, which, I think, ave escaped their observation. The original of Poetry is afcribed have hich fucceeded the creation of the of Written at fixteen years oft al It PASTORALS, WITH A Difcourfe on PASTORAL. Written in the Year MDCC IV. Rura mihi et rigui placeant in vallibus amnes, VIRG |