The Kit-Cats (1708) [ Practices ]
… on thy Subjects lay; Who Tax'd by thee with less Reluctance bear The Charge of Caesar 's, than of A N N A 's War. Who reeking in thy own, and Roman Sweat, Dost ancient Conquests o'er the French repeat: Do thou, great Bocai smooth thy spacious Brow, And one kind Smile on my Attempt bestow: For thou, whole fertile Genius does abound With noble Projects, didst this Order found. … 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 tuneful Train In that …
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