The Study of Poetry • Paragraph 1230
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“If you knew their work you would deal your dole.” May I take upon me to instruct you? When Greek Art ran and reached the goal, Thus much had the world to boast ‘in fructu’-- The Truth of Man, as by God first spoken, Which the actual generations garble, Was re-uttered, and Soul (which Limbs betoken) And Limbs (Soul informs) made new in marble.