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Rh But for principle example too, I think 'tis well thus to exaggerate.

Oh 1 lay aside that pride of musketeer, Fortune and glory wait you !...

Ay, and then ? . . . Seek a protector, choose a patron out, And like the crawling ivy round a tree That lioks the bark to gain the trunk's support, Climb high by creeping ruse instead of force! No, grammercy ! What ! I, like all the rest Dedicate verse to bankers ? play buffoon In cringing hope to see, at last, a smile Not disapproving, on a patron's lips ? Grarumercy, no ! What ! learn to swallow toads 1 With frame aweary climbing stairs ? a skin Grown grimed and homy, here, about the knees ? And, acrobat-like, teach my back to bend ? No, grammercy ! Or, double-faced and sly Run with the hare, while hunting with the hounds ; And, oily-tongued, to win the oil of praise, Flatter the great man to his very nose ? No, grammercy ! Steal soft from lap to lap, A little great man in a circle small, Or navigate, with madrigals for sails, Blown gently windward by old ladies' sigha ? No, grammercy ! Bribe kindly editors To spread abroad my verses! Granimercy! Or try to be elected as the pope Of tavern-councils held by imbeciles ?