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The correspondent words exactly frame,
The look, the features, and the mien the same:
His thoughts the bard must suitably express,
Each in a diff'rent face, and diff'rent dress.
Lest in unvari'd looks the crowd be shown,
And the whole multitude appear as one.
With rapid feet and wings, without delay,
This swiftly flies, and smoothly skims away;
That, vast of size, his limbs huge, broad and strong,
Moves pond'rous, and scarce drags his bulk along.
This, blooms with youth and beauty in his face,
And Venus breaths on ev'ry limb a grace:
That, of rude form, his uncouth members shows,
Looks horrible, and frowns with his rough brows;
His monstrous tail in many a fold and wind,
Voluminous and vast, curls up behind:
At once the image and the lines appear
Rude to the eye, and frightful to the ear.
Nor are those figures giv'n, without a cause,
But fixt and settled by determin'd laws;
All claim and wear, as their deserts are known,
A voice, a face, and habit of their own.

Lo!