[Sidenote:  Judgment.] Nor these alone, tho much they can, suffice, JUDGMENT must join, or never hope the Prize:  Those Headstrong Coursers scowr along the Plains, The Rider’s down, if once he lose the Reins:  Soon the Mad Mixture will to all give Law, And for the Laurel Wreaths present thee Wreaths of Straw. Judgment’s the Act of Reason; that which brings Fit Thoughts to Thoughts, and argues Things from Things, True, Decent, Just, are in its Balance try’d, And thence we learn to Range, Compound, Divide. 60 [Sidenote:  Invention and Memory.] A Cave there is wherein those Nymphs reside Who all the Realms of Sense and Fancy guide; Nay some affirm that in the deepest Cell Imperial Reason’s self does not disdain to dwell:  With Living Reed ’tis thatch’d and guarded round, Which mov’d by Winds emit a Silver Sound:  Two Crystal Fountains near its Entrance play, } Wide scatt’ring Golden Streams which ne’er decay, } Two Labyrinths behind harmonious Sounds convey:  } Chiefly, within, the Room of State is fam’d 70 Of rich Mosaick Work divinely fram’d:  Of small Extent to view, ’twill all things hide, Heav’n’s Azure Arch it self not half so wide:  Here all the Arts their sacred Mansion chuse, Here dwells the MOTHER of the Heav’n-born Muse:  With wond’rous mystic Figures round ’tis wrought Inlaid with FANCY, and anneal’d with Thought:  With more than humane Skill depicted here The various Images of Things appear; What Was, or Is, or labours yet to Be 80 Within the Womb of Dark Futurity, May Stowage in this wondrous Storehouse find, Yet leave unnumber’d empty Cells behind:  But ah! as fast they come, they fly too fast, Not Life or Happiness are more in haste:  Only the First Great Mind himself can stay The Fugitives and at one Glance survey; But those whom he disdains not to befriend, } Uncommon Souls, who nearest Heav’n ascend } Far more, at once, than others comprehend:  } 90 Whate’er within this sacred Hall you find, } Whate’er will lodge in your capacious Mind } Let Judgment sort, and skilful Method bind; } And as from these you draw your antient Store Daily supply the Magazine with more.  Furnish’d with such Materials he’ll excel Who when he works is sure to work ’em well; This ART alone, as Nature that bestows, And in Perfection both, th’ accomplish’d Verser knows.  Knows to persuade, and how to speak, and when; 100 The Rules of Life, and Manners knows and Men:  Those narrow Lines which Good and Ill divide;