Quinta parte sui nectaris imbuit.[45]
Sometimes his pictures are heightned with beautiful imagery, and he seizeth the imagination before he appeals to reason. Thus, when he is advising his friend not to mourn any longer for a man who was dead, instead of proposing the subject immediately he says,
Non semper imbres nubibus hispidos
Manant in agros, &c.[46]
Not always snow, and hail, and rain
Defend, and beat the fruitful plain. Creech.
On other occasions he breaks abruptly into a short and spirited transition.
Auditis? an me ludit amabilis
Insania? audire et videor pios
Errare per lucos, amœnæ