sk,
The Punch and Harlequin, and graver throng,
That shake the theatre with dance and song,
With endless trains of Angers, Loves, and Mirths,
Owe to the Muse of Mimicry their births. 330

[Footnote: _The Muse of Mimicry_, l. 319. Much of the
pleasure received from the drawings of flowers finely
finished, or of portraits, is derived from their imitation or
resemblance of the objects or persons which they represent.
The same occurs in the pleasure we receive from mimicry on
the stage; we are surprised at the accuracy of its enacted
resemblance. Some part of the pleasure received from
architecture, as when we contemplate the internal structure
of gothic temples, as of King's College chapel in Cambridge,
or of Lincoln Cathedral, may arise also from their imitation
or resemblance of those superb avenues of large trees, which
were formerly appropriated to religious ceremonies.]

"Hence to clear images of form belong
The sculptor's statue, and the poet's song,
The painter's landscape, and the builder's plan,
And IMITATION marks the mind of Man.

[Footnote: _Imitation marks_, l. 334. Many other curious
instances of one part of the animal system imitating another
part of it, as in some contagious diseases; and also of some
animals imitating each other, are given in Zoonomia, Vol. I.
Sect. XXII. 3. To which may be added, that this propensity to
imitation not only appears in the actions of children, but in
all the customs and fashions of the world; many thousands
tread in the beaten paths of others, who precede or accompany
them, for one who traverses regions of his own discovery.]

VI. "WHEN strong desires or soft sensations move
The astonish'd Intellect to rage or love;
Associate tribes of fibrous motions rise,
Flush the red cheek, or light the laughing eyes.
Whence ever-active Imitation finds
The ideal trains, that pass in kindred minds; 340
Her mimic arts associate thoughts excite
And the first LANGUAGE enters at the sight.

[Footnote: _And the first Language_, l. 342. There are two
ways by which we become acquainted with the passions of
others: first, by having observed the effects of them, as of
fear or anger, on our