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Rh Failed to preserve the spurious Farce from shame.

No matter, continues still to write,

Tho' now the name is veiled from public sight.

Moved by the great example, I pursue

The self-same road, but make my own review:

Not seek great 's, yet like him will be

Self-constituted Judge of Poesy.

A man must serve his time to every trade

Save Censure—Critics all are ready made.

Take hackneyed jokes from, got by rote,

With just enough of learning to misquote;