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A critic was of old a glorious name, Whose sanction handed merit up to fame; Beauties as well as faults he brought to view His judgment great, and great his candor too. No servile rules drew sickly taste aside; Secure he walked, for nature was his guide. But now, O strange reverse! our critics bawl In praise of candor with a heart of gall, Conscious of guilt, and fearful of the light; They lurk enshrouded in the veil of night; Safe from destruction, seize th' unwary prey, And stab like bravoes, all who come that way. - [Critics] A heart to pity, and a hand to bless. - [Heart] A jest is a very serious thing. - [Jesting] A six-foot suckling, mincing in its gait, Affected, peevish, prim and delicate; Fearful it seemed tho' of athletic make, Lest brutal breezes should so roughly shake Its tender form, and savage motion spread O'er its pale cheeks, the horrid manly red. - [Fops] But though bare merit might in Rome appear The strongest plea for favour, 'tis not here; We form our judgment in another way; And they will best succeed, who best can pay; Those, who would gain the votes of British tribes, Must add to force of merit, force of bribes. - [Corruption] Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful. - [Censure] Childhood, who like an April morn appears, Sunshine and rain, hopes clouded o'er with fears. - [Children] Drawn by conceit from reason's plan How vain is that poor creature man; How pleas'd in ev'ry paltry elf To grate about that thing himself. - [Conceit] England, a happy land we know, Where follies naturally grow, Where without culture they arise, And tow'r above the common size. - [England] Even in a hero's heart Discretion is the better part. - [Discretion] Genius is independent of situation. - [Genius] Gipsies, who every ill can cure, Except the ill of being poor Who charms 'gainst love and agues sell, Who can in hen-roost set a spell, Prepar'd by arts, to them best known To catch all feet except their own, Who, as to fortune, can unlock it, As easily as pick a pocket. - [Gypsies] He hurts me most who lavishly commends. - [Praise] If honor calls, where'er she points the way The sons of honor follow, and obey. - [Honor] If you mean to profit, learn to praise. - [Flattery] Knaves starve not in the land of fools. - [Knavery] Mutually giving and receiving aid, They set each other off, like light and shade. - [Proverbs] No tribute is laid on castles in the air. - [Castles in the Air] Old Age, a second child, by nature curst With more and greater evils than the first, Weak, sickly, full of pains: in ev'ry breath Railing at life, and yet afraid of death. - [Old Age] On the four aces doom'd to roll. - [Aces] Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill. - [Proverbs] So gentle, yet so brisk, so wondrous sweet, So fit to prattle at a lady's feet. - [Fops] So lightly walks, she not one mark imprints, Nor brushes off the dews, nor soils the tints. - [Feet] Spite of all the criticising elves, those who make us feel must feel themselves. - [Critics] The most haste, ever the worst speed. - [Moderation] Displaying page 1 of 4 for this author: Next >> [1] 2 3 4
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