Not this; but it hobbles in Gait and in speech
And, laught at by all, is still aiming to teach;
From the gentle ‘in modo’ will angrily flee,
But sternly adhere to the hatefull ‘in re.’
“And what is a properer Object of Satire 320
Than that most ridiculous Failing, Good-nature?
Do you know a Man laugh’d at by all his Acquaintance,
Despis’d and disdain’d by the People he maintains;
Too grave for a Wit, and too mean for a Beau;
A Clown who does nothing as other Men do;