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(To write of great Commanders, and of Kings,
Elegies were at first design'd for Grief,
Though now we use them to express our Joy)
But to whose Muse we owe that sort of Verse,
Is Undecided by the Men of Skill.
Rage with Jambick's, arm'd Archilochus
Numbers for Dialogue and action fit
And favourites of the Dramatick Muse.
Fierce, lofty, Rapid, whose commanding sound
Awes the tumultuous noises of the Pit,
And whose peculiar Province is the Stage.
Gods, Heroes, Conquerers, Olympick Crowns
Loves pleasing Cares, and the free joys of Wine,
Are proper subjects for the Lyrick Song.
Why is he honour'd with a Poets Name,
Who neither knows, nor would observe a Rule?
And chuses to be Ignorant and Proud,
Elegies were at first design'd for Grief,
Though now we use them to express our Joy)
But to whose Muse we owe that sort of Verse,
Is Undecided by the Men of Skill.
Rage with Jambick's, arm'd Archilochus
Numbers for Dialogue and action fit
And favourites of the Dramatick Muse.
Fierce, lofty, Rapid, whose commanding sound
Awes the tumultuous noises of the Pit,
And whose peculiar Province is the Stage.
Gods, Heroes, Conquerers, Olympick Crowns
Loves pleasing Cares, and the free joys of Wine,
Are proper subjects for the Lyrick Song.
Why is he honour'd with a Poets Name,
Who neither knows, nor would observe a Rule?
And chuses to be Ignorant and Proud,
Rather
