DE ARTE CRITIC A. A LATIN VERSION. OF Mr. POPE's Effay on CRITICISM. Nec me animi fallit- Difficile illuftrare Latinis. verfibus effe (Multa novis verbis præfertim cum fit agendum) Has plac'd thee in this fervile cell, Where Genius ne'er was feen to roam ; Nor ever quits the carnal breast, But lurks and fneaks at home! III. Tho' dim'd thine eye, and clipt thy wing, What time by thee fcholaftic Pride But stinks, and stagnates there. Yet useful still, hold to the throng--- Thou type of wit and fenfe confin'd, Cramp'd by the oppreffors of the mind, Who ftudy downward on the ground; Type of the fall of Greece and Rome; While more than mathematic gloom, Envelopes all around! ΑΝ DE ARTE CRITIC A. A LATIN VERSION OF Mr. POPE's Effay on CRITICISM. Nec me animi fallit- Difficile illuftrare Latinis verfibus effe (Multa novis verbis præfertim cum fit agendum) Propter egeftatem linguæ, & rerum novitatem. LUCRET. 34 ΑΝ ESSAY on CRITICISM. "T IS hard to fay, if greater want of fkill Appear in writing, or in judging ill; 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none True tafte as feldom is the critic's fhare; 15 + Qui fcribit artificiofe, ab aliis commode fcripta facile intelligere poterit. Çrc. ad Herenn. b. 4. 5 Authors DE 35 ARTE CRITICA. ICTU difficile eft, an fit dementia major DICT Egiffe invitâ vatem criticumne Minervâ ;. Ille tamen certe venia tibi dignior errat Qui laffat, quam qui feducit in avia, sensus. Sunt, qui abfurda canunt; fed enim ftultiffima ftultos 5 Se folum exhibuit quondam, melioribus annis Nobis judicium, veluti quæ dividit horas Machina, conftruitur, motus non omnibus idem, Et criticis recte fapere eft rariffima virtus; ΙΟ 15 |