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And taught more pleasant methods of salvation; Where Heaven's free subjects might their rights dispute, Lest God himself should seem too absolute: Pulpits their sacred satire learned to spare, And vice admired to find a flatterer there! AND TAUGHT MORE PLEASANT METHODS OF SALVATION WHERE HEAVEN'S FREE SUBJECTS MIGHT THEIR RIGHTS DISPUTE LEST GOD HIMSELF SHOULD SEEM TO ABSOLUTE PULPITS THEIR SACRED SATIRE LEARN TO SPARE AND VICE ADMIRED TO FIND A FLATTERER THERE
ood sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive, divine. But if in noble minds some dregs remain, Not yet purged off, of spleen and sour disdain; Discharge that rage on more provoking crimes, Nor fear a dearth in these flagitious times. No pardon vile obscenity should find, Though wit and art conspire to move your mind; But dullness with obscenity must prove As shameful sure as impotence in love. In the fat age of pleasure, wealth, and ease, Sprung the rank weed, and thrived with large increase: When love was all an easy monarch's care, [536] Seldom at council, never in a war Jilts ruled the state, and statesmen farces writ; Nay, wits had pensions, and young lords had wit: The fair sat panting at a courtier's play, And not a mask went unimproved away: [541] The modest fan was lifted up no more, And virgins smiled at what they blushed before. The following license of a foreign reign, [544] Did all the dregs of bold Socinus drain, [545] Then unbelieving priests reformed the nation. NOT IN THE CRITICS LET A MAN BE LOST GOOD NATURE AND GOOD SENSE MUST EVER JOIN TO HEIRS HUMAN TO FORGIVE DIVINE BUT IF IN NOBLE MINDS SOME DREG REMAIN NOT YET PURGED OFF OF SPLAIN AND SORE DISDAIN DISCHARGE THAT RAGE AND MORE PROVOKING OF CRIMES NO FEAR OR DEATH IN THIS FLATISHEST TIMES NO PATTERN WHILE OBSCENITY SHOULD FIND THOUGH WITH AN I CONSPIRE TO MOVE YOUR MIND BUT DULNESS WITH OBSCENITY MUST PROVE AS SHAMEFUL SHORE AS IMPORTANCE IN LOVE IN THE FAT AGE OF PLEASURE WEALTH AND EASE SPRUNG THE RANKS WITH AND TRIFED WITH LARGE INCREASE WHEN LOVE WAS ALL AN EASY MONARCH'S CARE SELDOM AT COUNCIL NEVER IN A WAR JILTS RULE THE STATE AND STATESMEN FACED RITS NAY WITS HAD PENSIONS AND YOUNG LORDS HAD WIT THE FAIR SAT PANTING AT THE COURTIERS PLAY AND NOT A MASK WENT UNIMPROVED AWAY THE MODEST FAN WAS LIFTED UP NO MORE THE VIRGINS SMILED AT WHAT THEY BLUSHED BEFORE THE FOLLOWING LICENSE OF A FALLEN REIGN DID ALL THE DREGS OF BOLD SOSHENIST DRAIN THEN ON BELIEVING PRIEST REFORMED THE NATION
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