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To a Person who wrote Ill, and spake
Worse against Me.
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To a Person who wrote Ill, and spake Worse against Me.
Lye, Philo, untouch'd on my peaceable Shelf;
Nor take it amiss, that so little I heed Thee;
I've no Envy to Thee, and some Love to my Self:
Then why shou'd I answer; since first I must read Thee?
Nor take it amiss, that so little I heed Thee;
I've no Envy to Thee, and some Love to my Self:
Then why shou'd I answer; since first I must read Thee?
Drunk with Helicon's Waters and double-brew'd Bub,
Be a Linguist, a Poet, a Critic, a Wag;
To the solid Delight of thy Well-judging Club,
To the Damage alone of thy Bookseller Brag.
Be a Linguist, a Poet, a Critic, a Wag;
To the solid Delight of thy Well-judging Club,
To the Damage alone of thy Bookseller Brag.
Pursue me with Satyr: what Harm is there in't?
But from all vivâ voce Reflection forbear:
There can be no Danger from what Thou shalt Print:
There may be a little from what Thou may'st swear.
But from all vivâ voce Reflection forbear:
There can be no Danger from what Thou shalt Print:
There may be a little from what Thou may'st swear.
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