From these to those with boundless freedom pass,
And to each image give a different face.
The readers hence a wond'rous pleasure find,
That charms the ear, and captivates the mind.
In this the laws of nature we obey,
And act as her example points the way.
Which has on ev'ry diff'rent species thrown
A shape distinct and figure of its own;
Man differs from the beast that haunts the woods,
The bird from ev'ry native of the floods.
See how the poet banishes with grace
A native term to give a [1] stranger place;
From different images with just success,
He clothes his matter in the borrow'd dress,
The borrow'd dress the things themselves admire,
And wonder whence they drew the strange attire.
Proud of their ravisht spoils they now disclaim
Their former colour, and their genuine name,
And in another garb, more beauteous grown,
Prefer the foreign habit to their own.
- ↑ The Metaphor.
