The Kit-Cats (1708) [ Practices ]
… to deserve the Praise he could not bear. He shun'd the Acclamations of the Throng, And always coldly heard the Poet's Song. Hence the great King the Muses did neglect, And the meer Poet met with small Respect. But tho' the Muses and their … Tribe with praise each other Crown, And B 0 C A J with a Nod approves Apollo 's Son. Old Thames to listen to the Poet's Song, In ling'ring Volumes slowly crept along: But soon the Flood, that with reluctance past, To hear the charming Lays …
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