h And emulous alone of genuine fame, 305 Be Grace, be Majesty thy constant aim, To mortal man, nor taught by art but Heaven. Nor sink the clouds, nor bid the waves ascend; Lift not the mansions drear of Hell or Night 310 * Servetur: Sit nobilitas, Charitumque venustas, 1 Non vicina pedum tabulata excelsa Tonantis 225 h XXVII. Grace and Ma jesty. i XXVIII. Every thing in its proper place. k XXVII. Charitas et Nobilitas. 1 XXVIII. Res quæque locum suum teneat. 316 Thy last, thy noblest task remains untold, Passion to paint, and sentiment unfold; Yet how these motions of the mind display Can colours catch them, or can lines pourtray? Who shall our pigmy pencils arm with might To seize the Soul, and force her into sight? 320 Jove, Jove alone; his highly-favour'd few Alone can call such miracles to view. But this to rhet'rick and the schools I leave, Content from ancient lore one rule to give: 66 325 By tedious toil no passions are exprest, "His hand who feels them strongest paints them best." n Hæc præter, motus animorum, et corde re postos 230 Exprimere affectus, paucisque coloribus ipsam Pingere posse animam, atque oculis præbere videndam, "Hoc opus, hic labor est. Pauci, quos æquus amavit› "Jupiter, aut ardens avexit ad æthera virtus, "Dis similes potuere" manu miracula tanta. Hos ego rhetoribus tractandos desero; tantùm Egregii antiquum memorabo sophisma magistri: "Verius affectus animi vigor exprimit ardens, "Soliciti nimiùm quàm sedula cura laboris." 235 m XXIX. The Passions. n XXIX. Affectus. Yet shall the Muse with all her force pro scribe Of base and barbarous forms that Gothick tribe, Which sprung to birth, what time; thro' lust of sway, 330 Imperial Latium bade the world obey: ; Then did each Muse behold her triumphs fade, Then pensive Painting droop'd the languish'd head 1; 336 ▸ Denique nil sapiat Gothorum barbara trito Ornamenta modo, sæclorum et monstra malorum: Queis ubi bella, famem, et pestem, discordia, luxus, Et Romanorum res grandior intulit orbi, Ingenuæ periere artes, periere suberbæ Artificum moles; sua tunc miracula vidit Ignibus absumi Pictura, latere coacta 240 245 • XXX. Gothick Ornament to be avoided. P XXX. Gothorum Ornamenta fugienda. And sorrowing Sculpture, while the ruthless flame Involv'd each trophy of her sister's fame, Fled to sepulchral cells her own to save, angry heaven, 250 Fornicibus, sortem et reliquam confidere cryptis ; 255 r Gave to the wond'ring eye: She bade his name, With thine, Apelles, gild the lists of fame; With thine to colouring's brightest glories soar, The gods applaud him, and the world adore. Alas! how lost those magick mixtures all! 355 No hues of this now animate the wall; How then shall modern art those hues apply, How give design its finish'd dignity? Return fair COLOURING! all thy lures prepare, Each safe deception, every honest snare, Which brings new lovers to thy sister's train, Skilful at once to charm, and to retain ; 360 Nec qui Chromaticês nobis, hoc tempore, partes 260 COLOURING the third Part of Painting. S CHROMATICES tertia Pars Picturæ. |