So of Winter, Summer, Spring, and Autumn; as,
[40] Vere novo, gelidus canis cum montibus humor Liquitur, & Zephyro putris se gleba resolvit.
With Spring's first Op'ning, when dissolving Snows From hoary Mountains run, and Zephyr slacks The crumbling Glebe.
[41] —Jam venit Æstas Torrida, jam læto turgent in palmite gemmæ.
Now scorching Summer comes, And in the fruitful Tendrils swells the Gems.
Numberless other Descriptions there are of this Sort, which we admire in Poetry, and yet in Prose we should laugh at.
'Tis usual, likewise, in Poetry, (which is another Peculiarity) to denote Men, Places, Rivers, Mountains, by various Names taken from any of their Adjuncts. This is so well known, that I have no need, out of the Multitude of Examples, to produce any. 'Tis no less common to put Particulars for Generals; thus Virgil:
[42] —Vestro si munere tellus Chaoniam pingui glandem mutavit arista, Poculaque inventis Acheloïa miscuit uvis.
If the Earth By your Indulgence chang'd Chaonian Mast For Corn, and from the new discoulour'd Grape With Acheloïan Bev'rage mingled Wine.
And in another Place,