[7] Plato’s “Republic,” book ii.
[8] § 3. Borrowed from by Historians.
[9] § 4. Honoured by the Romans as Sacred and Prophetic.
[10] § 5. And really sacred and prophetic in the Psalms of David.
[11] § 6. By the Greeks, Poets were honoured with the name of Makers.
[12] Poetry is the one creative art. Astronomers and others repeat what they find.
[13] Poets improve Nature.
[14] And idealize man.
[15] Here a Second Part of the Essay begins.
[16] § 1. Poetry defined.