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Show 154 ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. CAN'fO IV. " Call'd by thy voice Resexnblance next describes He r s1.s t er- thoughts in lucid trains or tribes ; Whence pleased Imagination oft combines By loose analogies her fair designs; Each winning grace of polish'd wit bestows To deck the Nymphs of Poetry and Prose. 310 " Last, at thy potent nod, Effect and Cause Walk hand in hand accordant to thy laws; Rise at Volition's call, in groups combined, Amuse, delight, instruct, and serve Mankind; Polish'd 'tvit bestows, 1. 309. Mr. Locke d efines wit to consi~t of an assemblarre of ideas, brought together with quicknc s and vancty, b · tl · 1 y to wherein can be found any r esemblance or congru1ty, 1e1e J make up pleasant p}ctures and agreeable v 1· S·1 ons m· tl1 ~ f ,m cy · To which Mr. Addison adds, that these must occasion surpnsc as well as delight; Spectator, Vol. I. No. LXII. See Note on Canto III. 1. 145f and Additional Note, VII. 3. Perhaps wit in the extended usc 0 the word may mean to express all kinds of fin e wn· t ·m g, as tl 1c word . Taste is applied to all agreeable visible obj ects, and thns Wit may mean descriptive sublimity, beauty, the pathe ti c, or ridiculo~1 ·, hut when used in the confined sense, a·s by Mr. Lock e and Mr. Addt on. as above, 1· t may probably be better defined a com b'm at ·L On o f' · leas w1th H agreeable novelty, as this may be effected by opposit ion as well as by resemblance. CANTO I V. OF GOOD AND EVIL. Bid raised in air the ponderous structure stand ' Or pour obedient rivers through the land; With cars unnumber'd crowd the living streets, Or people oceans with triumphant fleet s. " Thy n1agic touch imagined forms supplies 155 From colour'd light, the language of the eyes ; 320 On Men1ory's page departed hours inscribes, Sweet scenes of youth, and Pleasure's vanish'd tribes. By thee ANTINous leads the dance sublime On wavy step, and moves in measured time ; Charm'd round the Youth successive Graces throng, And Ease conducts him, as he moves along; U nbreathing crowds the floating form admire, And Vestal bosoms feel forbidden fire. "When rapp'd CEciLIA breathes her matin vow, And lifts to Heaven her fair adoring brow; 330 From her sweet lips, and rising boson1 part Impassion'd notes, that thrill the rnelting heart |