[43] Instances of the power of the Poet’s work.
[44] Defectuous. This word, from the French “defectueux,” is used twice in the “Apologie for Poetrie.”
[45] § II. The Parts of Poetry.
[46] Can Pastoral be condemned?
[47] The close of Virgil’s seventh Eclogue—Thyrsis was vanquished, and Corydon crowned with lasting glory.
[48] Or Elegiac?
[49] Or Iambic? or Satiric?
[50] From the first Satire of Persius, line 116, in a description of Homer’s satire:
“Omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus amico
Tangit, et admissus circum præcordia ludit,” &c.
Shrewd Flaccus touches each vice in his laughing friend. Dryden thus translated the whole passage:—