Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire. 1649-1720.
Of all those arts in which the wise excel,
Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
Essay on Poetry.
There 's no such thing in Nature; and you 'll draw
A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw.[279:3]
Essay on Poetry.
[280]
Read Homer once, and you can read no more;
For all books else appear so mean, so poor,
Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need.
Essay on Poetry.
Footnotes
[279:3] See Suckling, page 257.