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But he that joyns instructions with delight,
Profit with pleasure, carries all the Votes;
These are the Volumes that enrich the Shops,
These pass with admiration through the World,
And bring their Author an Eternal fame.
Be not too rigidly Censorious,
A string may jarr in the best Masters hand,
And the most skilfull Archer miss his aim;
But in a Poem elegantly writ,
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake,
Such as our Natures frailty may excuse;
But he that hath been often told his fault,
And still persists, is as impertinent,
As a Musician that will always play,
And yet is always out at the same Note;
When such a positive abandon'd Fopp,
(Among his numerous Absurdities)
Stumbles upon some tolerable Lines,
Profit with pleasure, carries all the Votes;
These are the Volumes that enrich the Shops,
These pass with admiration through the World,
And bring their Author an Eternal fame.
Be not too rigidly Censorious,
A string may jarr in the best Masters hand,
And the most skilfull Archer miss his aim;
But in a Poem elegantly writ,
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake,
Such as our Natures frailty may excuse;
But he that hath been often told his fault,
And still persists, is as impertinent,
As a Musician that will always play,
And yet is always out at the same Note;
When such a positive abandon'd Fopp,
(Among his numerous Absurdities)
Stumbles upon some tolerable Lines,
I fret
