No, if for food thy unambitious pray'r,
With supple acts to supple minds repair;
Learn of the base in soft grimace to deal,
And deck thee with the livery genteel;
Or trim the wherry, or the flail invite,
Draw teeth, or any viler thing but write.
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Writers, whom once th' astonish'd vulgar saw
Give nations language, and great cities law;
Whom gods, they said—and surely gods—inspired,