The Canons of Criticism and Glossary Being A Supplement to Mr. Warburton's Edition of Shakespear ... The Sixth Edition, with Additions [with] The Trial of the Letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets [by Thomas Edwards] |
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To the Reverend Mr. WARBURTON.
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SONNET.
[Tongue-doughty Pedant; whose ambitious mind]
Tongue-doughty Pedant; whose ambitious mind
Prompts thee beyond thy native pitch to soar;
And, imp'd with borrow'd plumes of Index-lore,
Range through the Vast of Science unconfin'd!
Prompts thee beyond thy native pitch to soar;
And, imp'd with borrow'd plumes of Index-lore,
Range through the Vast of Science unconfin'd!
Not for Thy wing was such a flight design'd:
Know thy own strength, and wise attempt no more;
But lowly skim round Error's winding shore,
In quest of Paradox from Sense refin'd.
Know thy own strength, and wise attempt no more;
But lowly skim round Error's winding shore,
In quest of Paradox from Sense refin'd.
Much hast thou written—more than will be read;
Then cease from Shakespear thy unhallow'd rage;
Nor by a fond o'erweening pride mis-led,
Hope fame by injuring the sacred Dead:
Know, who would comment well his godlike page,
Critic, must have a Heart as well as Head.
Then cease from Shakespear thy unhallow'd rage;
Nor by a fond o'erweening pride mis-led,
Hope fame by injuring the sacred Dead:
Know, who would comment well his godlike page,
Critic, must have a Heart as well as Head.
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