The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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To the Cheapside Kt. on his Satyr against Wit.
By Mr. William Burnaby.
Some scribling Fops so little value Fame,
They sometimes hit, because they never aim.
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And, aiming, art inviolably dull.
Thy muddy Stream, no lucid Drop supplies,
But Puns like Bubbles on the Surface rise,
All that for Wit you could, you've kindly done;
You cannot write, but can be writ upon.
And a like Fate does either side befit,
Immortal Dulness, or immortal Wit.
In just Extreams an equal Merit lies,
And B---le and G***rth with thee must share the Prize,
Since thou can'st sink, as much as they can rise.
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