"Bear on your Wings and in your Notes his Praise.

Can it be said that ten dull Words creep on dully in any one of these
Lines? But Examples may likewise be given in rhym'd Verse, of the
Harmony of _Monosyllables_. Harmony consists in mixing rough and
smooth, soft and harsh Sounds. What Words can be rougher than such as
these, _Rides_, _Rapt_, _Throws_, _Storms_; or smoother than these,
_Wheel_, _Hush_, _Lull_?

"Then mounted on his radiant Carr he _rides_,
And _wheels_ along the level of the Tides.
_Pit_'s 1st Æneid.

How rough is the first Line, how soft the latter! As soft as the
Original, which is a Masterpiece.

"_Rapt_ by his Steeds he flies in open Day,
_Throws_ up the Reins, and skims the watry Way.

"Has given to thee great _Æolus_ to raise
_Storms_ at thy sov'reign Will, and _smooth_ the Seas.


"He spake, and speaking chas'd the Clouds away,
_Hush'd_ the loud Billows, and restor'd the Day.

"Mean time the Goddess on _Ascanius_ throws,
A balmy Slumber and a sweet Repose.
_Lull'd_ in her Lap to Rest, the Queen of Love,
Convey'd him to the soft _Idalian_ Grove.