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Rh And yet, perchance, 'tis wiser to prefer

A hackneyed plot, than choose a new, and err;

Yet copy not too closely, but record,

More justly, thought for thought than word for word;

Nor trace your Prototype through narrow ways,

But only follow where he merits praise.

For you, young Bard! whom luckless fate may lead

To tremble on the nod of all who read,