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First follow nature and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same. FIRST FULL OF NATURE AND JUDGMENT FRAME BY HER JUST STANDARDS WHICH IS STILL THE SAME
 would a hundred tongues require, Or one vain wits that might a hundred tire. But you who seek to give and merit fame, And justly bear a critic's noble name, Be sure yourself and your own reach to know How far your genius taste and learning go. Launch not beyond your depth, but be discreet And mark that point where sense and dullness meet. Nature to all things fixed the limits fit And wisely curbed proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains. In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's soft figures melt away One science only will one genius fit, So vast is art, so narrow human wit Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in those confined to single parts Like kings, we lose the conquests gained before, By vain ambition still to make them more Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. ION SOCIVOCAL TO TELL EM WOULD A HUNDRED TONGUES REQUIRE OR ONE VAIN WITH THAT MIGHT A HUNDRED TIRE BUT YOU WHO SEEK TO GIVE MARRIED FAME AND JUSTLY BEAR A CRITIC'S NOBLE NAME BE SURE YOURSELF AND YOUR OWN RICH TO KNOW HOW FAR YOUR GENIUS TASTE AND LEARNING GO LAUNCH NOT BEYOND YOUR DEBT BUT BE DISCREET UNMARKED POINT WHERE SENSE AND DULNESS MEET NATURE TO ALL THINGS FIX THE LIMITS FIT AND WISELY CUBT BROUGHT MAN'S PRETENDING WIDTH AS ON THE LAND WHILE HERE THE OCEAN GAINED IN OTHER PARTY LEAVES WHITE HANDY PLAINS THUS IN THE SOULS WHERE MEMORY PREVAILS THE SOLID POWER OF UNDERSTANDING FAILS WHERE BEAMS OF WARM IMAGINATION PLAY THE MEMORY'S SOFT FIGURE MELT AWAY ONE SCIENCE ONLY WILL ONE GENIUS FIFTH SO VAST IS ART SO NARROW HUMAN WITH NOT ONLY BOUNDED TO PICKLE YOUR ART BUT OFTEN THOSE CONFINED TO SINGLE PARTS LIKE KINGS WOULD LOSE THE CONQUEST GAINED BEFORE BY VAIN AMBITION STILL TO MAKE THEM MORE EACH MIGHT HIS SILVER PROVINCE WELL COMMAND WOULD ALL BUT STOOP TO WHAT THEY UNDERSTAND
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