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The Case stated.
Inter cæsa, & porrecta.
Horace , I think, prescribes this Rule,(And surely Horace is no Fool)
Poets should keep, e'er the World knows it,
Their Poems nine Years in their Closet:
I own the Fancy's very good;
But pray, let this be understood:
Your meagre Poets now-a-days,
Write more for Profit than for Praise:
And whilst their Poems live in Garret,
Themselves, alas! may die for Claret.
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