In the first Line it is upon the first Syllable of the fourth Foot.
In the second Line it is upon the first Syllable of the third Foot.
In the third Line it is upon the first Syllable of the second Foot.
In the fourth Line it is upon the last Syllable of the first Foot.
2. Observe the _initial Alliteration_ in the first, second and third
Lines.
In the first, _Anas_ and _Anser_.
In the second, _Mole_, _Movent_, and _Modesto_.
In the third, _Caudam_, _Cristasque_.
The mixt Alliteration in the first Line where _Garrulus_ is placed
betwixt _Anser_ and _Anas_, makes the Verse very sonorous; but the
mixt Alliteration in the last Line where the Vowel _i_ is repeated
eight times in seven Words, is a very masterly Stroke;
"_Er_i_g_i_t, & mot_i_s s_i_b_i _plaud_i_t loet_i_or al_i_s_."
--I_lle h_i_nc concentus_ i_n omn_i
_Carm_i_ne D_i_v_i_n_i _vat_i_s_.--
Which _extempore_ Remark is itself an Instance of what I am taking
notice of as imitated from _Virgil_.
3. You will perceive the _Allusio Verborum_ to have a very good Effect
in the second Line.
"_Tarda m_o_le m_o_vent, habitu gallina m_o_dest_o."
4. The mixing the singular and plural Numbers in the third Line is
very judicious.
"_Caudam_ Cristasque _rubentes_.
_Ovid_ would have said,
"_Caudam_ Cristamque--
Lastly, The full Rhyme in the fourth Line makes the whole Paragraph
very harmonious. It is not improper to produce here the Conclusion of
the Description of _Æolus_'s Cave, which is one of the finest Passages
in the _Æneid_.
"_Sed pater omnipotens spelunc_is _abdidit at_ris
_Hoc metuens_, mo_lemque &_ mo_ntis insuper altos
Imposu_it, _regemque ded_it, _qui foedere certo
Et premere, & lax_as _sciret dare jussus haben_as.
Would not any body think that _Vanerius_ intended to vie with _Virgil_
in this Place?
October 2. 1736.
_I am_, SIR, _&c._
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_P.S._
The Examples I have given in this Letter of _plain direct Rhyme_ are
only in _long_ or _heroic_ Verse, but I might have instanc'd in _Lyric
Lines_. _Horace_ abounds in Rhyme. In the first Ode we find
_Metaque fervidis
Evitata rotis
Palmaque nobilis
Illum si proprio
Condidit horreo_
and several others.
In two of his finest Odes the following Lines are as full Rhymes as
can possibly be made,
_Nec venenatis
Gravida sagittis
Pone me Pigris
Ubi nulla campis
Arbor æstiva
Recreatur Aura
Aut in umbrosis
Heliconis Oris
Aut super Pindo
Gelidove in Hæmo._
The two last are doubly rhym'd.