[ [15] De Art. Poet. v. 333.
[ [16] De Art. Poet. p. 78, 79.
[ [17] P. 80, 81.
[ [18] Art. Poet. ℣ 408.
[ [19] Ov. Trist. 1. El. 1.
[ [20] Take a remarkable Instance from Mr. Dryden's Love for Love, where, from making use of a seeming Metaphor, he is drawn into a false Thought:
Her Words were like soft Flakes of falling Snow, Which Melted as they fell.
If her Words died away, as Snow melts, neutrally, 'tis no great Recommendation of them. But the Idea that should be conveyed to the Reader is, that they melted the Hearer, as they fell; and then the Comparison is spoil'd, and may more truly be applied to the Conception of the Poet, which melts away by the Force of Reason, as Snow does by the Approach of the Sun.
[ [21] Hor. & Virg. passim.
[ [22] Æn. I. 323.