Part 5

_These are thy glorious Works, Parent of Good! Almighty! thine this universal Frame, Thus wondrous fair! thy self how wondrous then! Speak you, who best can tell, ye Sons of Light, Angels! for you behold him, and with Songs, And Choral Symphonies, Day without Night Circle his Throne rejoycing, you in Heaven. On Earth! joyn all ye Creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of Stars! last in the Train of Night, Is better thou belong not to the Dawn, Sure Pledge of Day, that crown'st the smiling Morn, With thy bright Circlet, praise him in thy Sphere, While Day arises, that sweet Hour of Prime! Thou Sun! of this great World, both Eye and Soul, Acknowledge him thy Greater, sound his Praise In thy Eternal Course, both when thou climb'st And when high Noon hast gain'd, and when thou fall'st. Moon! that now meet'st the Orient Sun, now fly'st With the fix'd Stars, fix'd in their Orb that flies, And ye five other wandring Fires! that move In Mystick Dance, not without Song, resound_ _His Praise, who out of Darkness call'd up Light. Air! and ye Elements! the eldest Birth Of Nature's Womb, that in Quaternion run Perpetual Circle multiform, and mix And nourish all things; let your ceaseless Change Vary to our great Maker still new Praise. To Mists and Exhalations! that now rise From Hill or steaming Lake, dusky or grey, Till the sun paint your fleecy Skirts with Gold, In Honour to the World's great Author rise; Whether to deck with Clouds th' uncolour'd Sky, Or wet the thirsty Earth with falling Showr's, Rising or falling, still advance his Praise. His Praise, ye Winds! that from four Quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud; and wave your Tops, ye Pines! With ev'ry Plant, in sign of Worship, wave. Fountains! and ye that warble as you flow Melodious Murmurs, warbling tune his Praise. Join Voices all ye living Souls, ye Birds! That singing, up to Heav'n's high Gate ascend, Bear on your Wings, and in your Notes his Praise. Ye that in Waters glide! and ye that walk The Earth! and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, Ev'n or Morn, To Hill or Valley, Fountain or fresh Shade, Made vocal by my Song, and taught his Praise._

Thus I have given a short Account of all the sorts of Poems, that are most us'd in our Language. The Acrosticks, Anagrams, _&c._ deserve not to be mention'd, and we may say of them what an Ancient Poet said long ago.

_Stultum est difficiles habere Nugas, Et stultus Labor est ineptiarum._

_FINIS._

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PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY

First Year (1946-47)

Numbers 1-6 out of print.

Second Year (1947-1948)

7. John Gay's _The Present State of Wit_ (1711); and a section on Wit from _The English Theophrastus_ (1702).

8. Rapin's _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684).

9. T. Hanmer's (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_ (1736).

10. Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, etc._ (1744).

11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717).

12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch.

Third Year (1948-1949)

13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720).

14. Edward Moore's _The Gamester_ (1753).

15. John Oldmixon's _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley_ (1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's _The British Academy_ (1712).

16. Nevil Payne's _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673).

17. Nicholas Rowe's _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespeare_ (1709).

18. "Of Genius," in _The Occasional Paper_, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719); and Aaron Hill's Preface to _The Creation_ (1720).

Fourth Year (1949-1950)

19. Susanna Centlivre's _The Busie Body_ (1709).

20. Lewis Theobold's _Preface to The Works of Shakespeare_ (1734).

21. _Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela_ (1754).

22. Samuel Johnson's _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749) and Two _Rambler_ papers (1750).

23. John Dryden's _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681).

24. Pierre Nicole's _An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams_, translated by J. V. Cunningham.

Fifth Year (1950-51)

25. Thomas Baker's _The Fine Lady's Airs_ (1709).

26. Charles Macklin's _The Man of the World_ (1792).

27. Frances Reynolds' _An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of Our Ideas of Beauty, etc._ (1785).

28. John Evelyn's _An Apologie for the Royal Party_ (1659); and _A Panegyric to Charles the Second_ (1661).

29. Daniel Defoe's _A Vindication of the Press_ (1718).

30. Essays on Taste from John Gilbert Cooper's _Letters Concerning Taste_, 3rd edition (1757), & John Armstrong's _Miscellanies_ (1770).

Sixth Year (1951-1952)

31. Thomas Gray's _An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard_ (1751); and _The Eton College Manuscript_.

32. Prefaces to Fiction; Georges de Scudery's Preface to _Ibrahim_ (1674), etc.

33. Henry Gally's _A Critical Essay_ on Characteristic-Writings (1725).

34. Thomas Tyers' A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1785).

35. James Boswell, Andrew Erskine, and George Dempster. _Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch_ (1763).

36. Joseph Harris's _The City Bride_ (1696).

37. Thomas Morrison's _A Pindarick Ode on Painting_ (1767).

38. John Phillips' _A Satyr Against Hypocrites_.

39. Thomas Warton's _A History of English Poetry_.

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Publications for the seventh year [1952-1953]

(At least six items, most of them from the following list, will be reprinted.)

_Selections from the Tatler, the Spectator, the Guardian._ Introduction by Donald F. Bond.

Bernard Mandeville: _A Letter to Dion_ (1732). Introduction by Jacob Viner.

M. C. Sarbiewski: _The Odes of Casimire_ (1646). Introduction by Maren-Sofie Roestvig.

_An Essay on the New Species of Writing Founded by Mr. Fielding_ (1751). Introduction by James A. Work.

[Thomas Morrison]: _A Pindarick Ode on Painting_ (1767). Introduction by Frederick W. Hilles.

[John Phillips]: _Satyr Against Hypocrits_ (1655). Introduction by Leon Howard.

_Prefaces to Fiction._ Second series. Selected with an introduction by Charles Davies.

Thomas Warton: _A History of English Poetry: An Unpublished Continuation._ Introduction by Rodney M. Baine.

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Transcriber's Notes

The main text dates from the 18th Century, when English spelling had not yet been normalised. Only the following obvious typos have been amended:

On title page of the main text, "THOUHGTS" amended to "THOUGHTS".

P. 1, "&c, yet the" amended to "&c., yet the".

P. 5, "2 Or the last ..." amended to "2. Or the last ..."

Also on P. 5, "Dry'd" amended to "Dryd.", and a missing period added after "Staff".

P. 6, After "In like manner the following Verses" the period has been amended to a comma.

P. 16, comma added after "W'are".

P. 20, "&cc," amended to "&c.," in "&c., are treble Rhymes".

P. 23, after "Or of 8; as", a comma has been added.

P. 33, "last" amended to "last." in "to the two last."

P. 34, "descib'd" amended to "describ'd" in "be better describ'd".

P. 36, "onr" amended to "our" in "most us'd in our Language".

In the Preface, the French phrase "consiste qu'en vn [typo for un?] certain nombre de syllabes, & non pas en pieds composez [composes] de syllabes" has been left unchanged.

Also in the Preface, in the quote from Boileau, missing accents have not been supplied in "Il doit regner par tout; & meme dans la Fable".

On P. 13, "Bower" should match "Pow'r" a few lines further on. Not amended as it is not clear whether "Bower" and "Bow'r" or "Power" and "Pow'r" was intended.

The one example of [oe], "Maren-Sofie Roestvig" on the final page, has been changed to oe.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Art of English Poetry (1708), by Edward Bysshe