The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated (1733) [ Concepts ]
… nicer ear; They scarce can bear their Laureate twice a year: [35] And justly Caesar scorns the Poet's lays, It is to History he trusts for Praise. F. Better be Cibber, I'll maintain it still, Than ridicule all Taste, blaspheme Quadrille, … between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. [70] Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet; I only wear it in a land of …
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