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Be sure from nature never to depart;
To copy nature is the task of art.
The noblest poets own her sovereign sway,
And ever follow where she leads the way.

— Christopher Pitt Vida's Art of Poetry (1725)

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To all, proportioned terms he must dispense,
And make the sound a picture of the sense.

Vida's Art of Poetry (1725)

A mighty tree, that bears a golden bough.

The Æneid of Virgil (1740)

The shrill echoes ring amidst the skies.

The Æneid of Virgil (1740)

I proved unfaithful to my former spouse,
And now I reap the fruits of broken vows!

The Æneid of Virgil (1740)

Ah, mighty Queen! you urge me to disclose,
And feel, once more, unutterable woes.

The Æneid of Virgil (1740)

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