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Letters Concerning Poetical Translations - And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by William Benson
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"Silence, ye troubled Waves, and thou, _Deep_,
Peace.

Again he divides the last Foot by making a Monosyllable the Beginning
of a new Sentence, which is very pleasing.

"--Up flood the Corny Reed
Imbattled in his Plain, the humble Furz
And Bush with frisled Hair implicit. _Last_
Rose as in Dance the stately Trees.

_Milton_ also sometimes places two Monosyllables at the End of the
Line, stopping at the 4th Foot, to adapt the Measure of the Verse to
the Sense; and then begins the next Line in the same manner, which has
a wonderful Effect.

"Now at their shady Lodge arriv'd, _both stopt_,
_Both turn'd_, and under open Sky ador'd
The God who made, _&c._

This artful Manner of writing makes the Reader see them _Stop_ and
_Turn_ to worship God before they went into their Bower. If this
Manner was alter'd, much of the Effect of the Painting would be lost.

"And now arriving at their shady Lodge
_Both stopt, both turn'd_, and under open Sky
Ador'd the God, _&c._

This falls very short of the Original. So in _Latin_,

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