To enrich the Art, and to improve Mankind,
From these alone, all Modes, all Orders spring
To build a Cell, or Palace for a King.
First the grave Dorick Mode; for Use was form'd,
When in its Infant-State, and unadorn'd:
'Twas Entertainment for the sager Few,
And pleas'd the Times, till something started new:
Then the gay, Lydian Mode; in Order rose,
And Art to Art, they wantonly oppose:
For Men grew fickle by Prosperity,