The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., to Which is Prefixed the Life of the Author
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Ver. 620. Wits have short memories,)] This seems to be the reason why the poets, when they give us a catalogue, constantly call for help on the muses, who, as the daughters of niemorv, are obliged not to forget any thing. So Homer, Iliad B. li. UXifivv i' oux av ιγια μυ^^α-ομχι euS' ovo/ii)v μ>ι 'O^u^jriceis; Μο«(Γ»•,Δι3{ βι^ιοχοιο AndVirgil, ^n. VII. ' Et meministis enim, diva;, et memorare potestis: Ad nos vix tenuis famie perlabilur aura. But our poet had yet another reason for put...ting this task upon the muse, that, all besides being asleep, she only could relate what passed. " Scribl. Ver. 624. The venal quiet, and, &c.l It were a problem worthy the solution of Mr. Ralph and his patron, who had lights that we know nothing of, which required the greatest effort of our goddess's power — to entrance the dull, or to quiet the venal. For though the venal may be more unruly than the dull, yet, on the other hand, it demands a much greater expense of her virtue to entrance than barely to quiet.
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