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62 Ladies and beaus to pleaſe is all the taſk, But the ſharp critic will inſtruction aſk.
 * As veils tranſparent cover, but not hide,

Such metaphors appear when right apply’d; When thro’ the phraſe we plainly ſee the ſenſe, Truth, where the meaning ’s obvious, will diſpenſe; The reader what in reaſon ’s due believes; Nor can we call that falſe which not deceives.
 * Hyperboles, ſo daring and ſo bold,

Diſdaining bounds, are yet by rules controll’d: Above the clouds, but ſtill within our ſight, They mount with truth, and make a tow’ring flight;