But Use has rais'd the Greek and Roman Rules,

And banish'd Gothick Practice from the Schools.

Use is the Judge, the Law, the Rule of Things,

Whence Arts arose, and whence the Science springs.

At Athens first the rising Art began;

Cecrops, the King, first modell'd out the Plan.

The studious Youth; pursued with ardent Care

The Infant Rules, unpolish'd as they were,

Till banish'd Dædalus Protection sought,

There well receiv'd, the stricter Rules he taught;