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All glares alike without distinction gay: But true expression, like the unchanging sun, Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon; It gilds all objects, but it alters none. ALL GLARES ALIKE WITHOUT DISTINCTION GAY BUT TRUE EXPRESSION LIKE THE UNCHANGING SUN CLEARS AND IMPROVES WHATEVER IT SHINES UPON IT GILDS ALL OBJECTS BUT IT ALTERS NONE
ere nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskilled to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover every part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed; Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit For works may have more wit than does them good, As bodies perish through excess of blood. Others for language all their care express, And value books, as women men, for dress. Their praise is still--"the style is excellent," The sense they humbly take upon content [308] Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. False eloquence, like the prismatic glass. [311] Its gaudy colors spreads on every place, The face of nature we no more survey.  STRUCK OUT AT EVERY LINE PLEASED WITH A WORK WHEN NOTHING'S JUST A FIFTH ONE'S GLARING CHAOS AND WILD HEAP OF WIT POETS LIKE PAINTERS DOES IN SKILL TO TRACE THE NAKED NATURE AND THE LIVING GRACE WITH GOLD AND JEWELS COVER EVERY PART AND HIDE WITH ORNAMENTS THEIR WANTS OF ART TRUEWITH IS NATURE'S ADVANTAGE DREST WHAT OFT WAS TAUGHT BUT NE'ER SO WELL EXPREST SOMETHING WHOSE TRUTH CONVINCED SIGHT WE FIND THAT GIVES US BACK THE IMAGE OF OUR MIND AND SHADES MORE SWIFTLY WE COMMEND THE LIGHT SOME MODEST PLAINNESS SETS OFF SPRINKLY WIDTH FOR WORKS MAY HAVE MORE WIT THAN DOES THAN GOOD AS BODIES PERISH TO EXCESS OF BLOOD OTHERS FOR LANGUAGE ALL THEIR CARE EXPRESS AND VALUE BOOKS AS WOMEN MEN FOR DRESS THEIR PRAISE IS STILL THE STYLE IS EXCELLENT THE SENSE THEY HUMBLY TAKE UPON CONTENT WORDS ARE LIKE LEAVES AND WHERE THEY MOST ABOUND MUCH FRUIT OF SENSE BENEATH IS RARELY FOUND FALSE ELOQUENCE LIKE THE PRISMATIC GLASS ITS GUNDIC COLOURS PREYED ON EVERY PLACE THE FACE OF NATURE WE NO MORE SURVEY
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