POESIE.

All art is learned by art, this art alone

It is a heavenly gift, no flesh nor bone

Can praise the honey we from _Pind_ distil,

Except with holy fire his breast we fill.

From that spring flows, that men of special chose

Consum'd in learning and perfect in prose;

For to make verse in vain does travel take,

When as a prentice fairer words will make.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 · 第 16 / 47 题