By which its nomenclature came to pass;[GV]
Thus most appropriately has been shown
"Lucus à non lucendo," not what was,
But what was not; a sort of style that's grown
Extremely common in this age, whose metal
The Devil may decompose, but never settle:[GW]
LVI.
I think it may be of "Corinthian Brass,"[351]
Which was a mixture of all metals, but
The brazen uppermost). Kind reader! pass