ssible throughout the whole Work; from whence arises one of
the most material Differences in the Versification of _Ovid_ and
_Virgil_; and to produce more Examples would be a needless Labour. In
this Place let me take Notice that it is on Account of Varying the
Pause that _Virgil_ makes his broken Lines in the _AEneid_, which
suspend all Pauses, and the Ear is relieved by this Means, and attends
with fresh Pleasure. Whoever intends to come up to _Virgil_ in Harmony
in Heroick Numbers in any long Work, must not omit this Art.

2d, The next thing to be attended to, is, _The Inversion of the
Phrase_. This flings the Stile out of Prose, and occasions that
Suspense which is the Life of Poetry. This _builds the lofty Rhyme_
(as _Milton_ expresses it) in such manner as to cause that Majesty in
Verse of which I have said so much before, that there is no need of
saying any thing more here.

3d. The third thing is, _The adapting the Sound to the Sense_.

Most People know such Instances of this Nature, as _Quadrupedante_,
&c. and _Illi inter sese_, &c. But few attend to an Infinity of other
Examples.

How is the Verse drawn out in length, and how does it labour when
strong heavy Land is to be ploughed!

"--_Ergo, age terrae
Pingue solum, primis extemplo a Mensibus Anni
Fortes invortant tauri._--

How nimbly does the Verse move when the turning over very light Ground
is represented!

"--_Sub ipsum
Arcturum_, tenui s[=a]t erit _suspendere sulco_.--

How slow does the heavy Waggon proceed in this Line!

"_Tardaque Eleusinae Matris Volventia Plaustra._--

How does the Boat bound over the _Po_ in these two Hemisticks!

"--_Levis innatat alnus
Missa Pado._--

See Feathers dancing on the Water in this!

"--_In aqua colludere plumas._--

No Stem of the Crab-tree is more rough than this Verse.

"_Inseritur vero ex foetu nucis arbutus horrida:_

Water is not more liquid than this.

"_Speluncisque lacus Clausos, lucosque sonantis._--

_S. & L. liquescit Carmen instar aquarum_, says _Erythraeus_ in his
Note on this Line.

How gently flow the Streams in this Verse!

"_Unde pater Tiberinus, & unde Aniena fluenta._--

What a roaring do the _Hypanis_ and _Caicus_ make in the next!

"_Sax[=o]sumque s[=o]nans Hypanis, Mysusque Caicus._

But now observe how he raises his Song to honour his Favourite
_Eridanus_!

"_Et gemina_ auratus _taurino cornua vultu_
Eridanus; _quo non_ alius _