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Still with itself compared, his text peruse, And let your comment be the Mantuan Muse. STILL WITH ITSELF COMPARED HIS TEXT PERUSE AND LET THE COMMENTS BE THE MONTEOUS MUSE
could not win the mistress, wooed the maid Against the poets their own arms they turned Sure to hate most the men from whom they learned So modern pothecaries taught the art By doctors bills to play the doctor's part. Bold in the practice of mistaken rules Prescribe, apply, and call their masters fools. Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey, Nor time nor moths e'er spoil so much as they. Some dryly plain, without invention's aid, Write dull receipts how poems may be made These leave the sense their learning to display, And those explain the meaning quite away. You then, whose judgment the right course would steer, Know well each ancient's proper character, His fable subject scope in every page, Religion, country, genius of his age Without all these at once before your eyes, Cavil you may, but never criticise. Be Homers works your study and delight, Read them by day and meditate by night, Thence form your judgment thence your maxims bring And trace the muses upward to their spring. INTENTION STRAYED WHO COULD NOT WIN THE MISTRESS WOO THE MAID AGAINST THE POETS THEIR OWN ARMS THEY TURNED SHORT TO HATE MOST THE MEN FROM WHOM THEY LEARNED SO MODERN POLYCARIES THOUGHT THE ART BY DOCTOR'S BILLS TO PLAY THE DOCTOR'S PART BOLD IN THE PRACTICE OF MISTAKEN RULES PRESCRIBE A PLY AND CALL YOUR MASTER' FOOLS SOME ON THE LEAVES OF ANCIENTS OUGHT TO PREY NOR TIME NOR MOTHS EVER SPOILED SO MUCH AS DAY SOME DREARY PLAINS WITHOUT INVENTIONS AID RIGHT ALL RECEIPTS HOW POEMS MAY BE MADE THESE LEAVE THE SENSE THEIR LEARNING TO DISPLAY AND THOSE EXPLAIN THE MEANING QUITE AWAY YOU THEN WHOSE JUDGMENT THE RIGHT CAUSE WOULD STARE NO WELL WHICH ANCIENTS PROPER CHARACTER HIS FAVORABLE SUBJECT SCOPE IN EVERY PAGE RELIGION COUNTRY GENIUS OF HIS AGE WITHOUT ALL THIS AT ONCE BEFORE YOUR EYES TRAVEL YOU MAY BUT NEVER CRITICISE BEHOMA'S WORKS YOUR STUDY AND DELIGHT READ THEM BY DAY AND MEDITATE BY NIGHT TENSE FORM YOUR JUDGMENT THENCE YOUR MAXIM SPRING AND TRACE THE MUSES OUTWARD TO YOUR SPRING
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