Poems to Thespia To Which are Added, Sonnets, &c. [by Hugh Downman] |
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| I. | I. To Dr. GLASS.
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I. To Dr. GLASS.
Glass, who thy proper dignity of soulConsulting, independently hast run
The race of reason; scorning the controul
Of vulgar prejudice, nor ever won
To humour fools; rejecting little arts,
Which often subjugate inferior hearts:
Having to learning, long experience join'd,
From dry antiquity's obscurer store
The brighter portion cull'd, and well refined
The mass confused with all of modern lore;
Adapting physic to the truest scale
Which human nature can! what curious tale
Shall I devise, for sending rhimes to thee?—
And yet, not sent, would my own mind be free?
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