, I had never tried Spenser's measure, and now I cannot scribble in any other.
all, my dear Lord, if you can get a decent
Address
elsewhere, don't hesitate to put this aside
.
Why did you not trust your own Muse? I am very sure she would have been triumphant, and saved the Committee their trouble—"'tis a joyful one" to me, but I fear I shall not satisfy even myself. After the account you sent me, 'tis no compliment to say you would have beaten your candidates; but I mean that, in
that
case, there would have been no occasion for their being beaten at all.