A beauty in himself; for, see, he soared

By means of that mere snatch, to many a hoard

Of fancies; as some falling cone hears soft

The eye along the fir-tree spire, aloft

To a dove's nest. Then, how divine the cause

Why such performance should exact applause

From men, if they had fancies too? Did fate

Decree they found a beauty separate

In the poor snatch itself?—"Take Elys, there,

—'Her head that's sharp and perfect like a pear,