That I may do’t by Rules of Art.
I will invoke no Deity,
But Butter’d-Pease and Furmity;
And think their Help sufficient
To sit and furnish my Intent:
For sure I must not use high Strains,
For fear it bluster out in Grains.
When Virgil’s Gnat, and Ovid’s Flea,
And Homer’s Frogs strive for the Day;
There is no Reason in my Mind,