heGreeks,PoetswerehohthenameofMakers.

    {12}Poetryistheoiveart.Astronomersandothersrepeatwhattheyfind.

    {13}PoetsimproveNature.

    {14}Andidealizeman.

    {15}HereaSedPartoftheEssaybegins.

    {16}Part1.Poetrydefined.

    {17}Part2.Itskinds.a.Divine.

    {18}Philosophical,whichisperhapstooimitative.

    {19}MarcusManiliuswroteuiberiusametricaltreatiseonAstronomy,ofwhichfivebooksonthefixedstarsremain.

    {20}Poetryproper.{21}Part3.SubdivisionsofPoetryproper.

    {22}Itsessenceisihought,notinapparellingofverse.

    {23}HeliodoruswasBishopofTricThessaly,andlivedinthefourthtury.HisstoryofTheagenesandChariclea,calledthe"AEthiopica,"wasaromantictaleinGreekwhichwas,inElizabethsreign,translatedintoEnglish.

    {24}ThePoetsarts.Part1.WORK:oetrydoesforus.

    {25}Theirclaylodgings-"Suchharmonyisinimmortalsouls;ButwhilstthismuddyvestureofdecayDothgrosslycloseitin,weothearit."(Shakespeare,"MertofVenice,"actv.,sc.1){26}Poetrybestadvaheendofallearthlylearning,virtuousa.

    {27}ItsadvantagehereinoverMoralPhilosophy.

    {28}ItsadvantagehereinoverHistory.

    {29}"Allmenmakefaults,andevenIinthis,Authorisingthytrespasswithpare."Shakespeare,"So"35.

    {30}"Witnessofthetimes,lightoftruth,lifeofmemory,mistressoflife,messengerofantiquity."--Cicero,"DeOratore."

    {31}InwhatmahePoetgoesbeyondPhilosopher,Historian,andallothers(batingparisonwiththeDivine).

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