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244 Write wittier dances, quainter shows, Or fight with more ingenious blows? Or does the man i' th' moon look big, And wear a huger periwig, Show in his gait or face more tricks, Than our own native lunaticks? But, if w' outdo him here at home, What good of your design can come? As wind, i' th' hypocondres pent, Is but a blast, if downward sent; But if it upward chance to fly, Becomes new light and prophecy; So when our speculations tend Above their just and useful end, Altho' they promise strange and great Discoveries of things far fet,