Date: 1692

"Fancies and Notions he pursues, / Which ne'er had Being but in Thought: / Each, like the Grecian Artist, woo's / The Image He himself has wrought."

— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)

Date: 1709

"Thus in the Picture of our Mind / The Action may be well design'd; / Guided by Law, and bound by Duty; / Yet want this Je ne sçay quoy of Beauty."

— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)

Date: w. c. 1709, 1711

"Yet if we look more closely, we shall find / Most have the seeds of judgment in their mind: / Nature affords at least a glimm'ring light; / The lines, tho' touch'd but faintly, are drawn right."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: w. c. 1709, 1711

"But as the slightest sketch, if justly trac'd, / Is by ill-colouring but the more disgrac'd, / So by false learning is good sense defac'd."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)