[Footnote 1: This Pastoral consists of two parts, like the eighth of
Virgil: the scene, a hill; the time, at sunset.--POPE.]
[Footnote 2: Mr. Wycherley, a famous author of comedies; of which the
most celebrated were the Plain-Dealer and Country-Wife. He was a writer
of infinite spirit, satire, and wit. The only objection made to him was,
that he had too much. However, he was followed in the same way by Mr.
Congreve, though with a little more correctness.--POPE.]
[Footnote 3: Formed on Dryden's version of Ecl. i. 1: