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Rh the rural Life; that I must in my poor judgment, allow him the Honour of the Pastoral.

In Lyricks the Grecians may seem to have excelled, as undoubtedly they are superior in the Number of their Poets, and Variety of their Verse. Orpheus, Alcæus, Sappho, Simonides and Stesichorus are almost entirely lost: Here and there a Fragment of some of them is remaining, which, like some broken Parts of ancient Statues, preserve an imperfect Monument of the Delicacy, Strength, and Skill of the great Master's Hand.

Pindar is sublime, but obscure, impetuous in his Course; and unfathomable in the Depth Rh