The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… first Bas-bleu at Athens known; Where SOCRATES unbending sat, With ALCIBIADES in chat; And PERICLES vouchsafed to mix Taste, wit, and mirth, with politics. Nor need I stop my tale to show, At least to readers such as you, How all that Rome … triple crown to you, BOSCAWEN sage, bright MONTAGU, Divided, fell;--your cares in haste Rescued the ravag'd realms of Taste; And LYTTLETON's accomplish'd name, And witty PULTENEY shar'd the fame; The Men not bound by pedant rules Nor … Prov'd that the brightest are the best. This just deduction still they drew, And well they practis'd what they knew; Nor taste, nor wit, deserves applause, Unless still true to critic laws; Good sense, of faculties the best, Inspire and …
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