“Philosophy, to an attentive ear,
Clearly points out, not in one part alone,
How Imitative Nature takes her course
From the celestial mind, and from its art;
And when her laws the Stagirite[1] unfolds,
Not many leaves scann’d o’er, observing well
Thou shalt discover, that thy art on her
Obsequious follows, as the learner treads
In his instructor’s steps; so that your art
Deserves the name of second in descent