 | Achilles : Or, Iphigenia in Aulis |  |
TO THE PLAGIARY OF Mr. BOYER's IPHIGENIA.
Vain is Racine's and Boyer's Labouring Wit!The one Improving what the other Writ:
Both fall a Sacrifice to thy Third-Day
And Lovely Iphigenia is thy Prey.
Nor knows the Nimph if she should more detest
Calchas or Thee; the Pirate or the Priest?
Her ancient Tears and Griefs, from him proceed
Who brought Her to Diana's Shrine to bleed:
But that She Mourns unpitied in her Woes,
The Wretched Virgin to thy Dulness owes.
Her Life alone was Wicked Calchas's Aim:
Thou touchest a yet tenderer Part, her Fame.
Thy Theft has all her Grace and Lustre soil'd;
Thou Stolest the Beauty first, and after spoil'd.
So fares it with that desperate Band, who live
On Prey and Rapine, and by Injury thrive.
Those whom they Wrong, with Hatred they pursue,
And not content to Rob, they Murder too.
| Achilles : Or, Iphigenia in Aulis | |