Therefore Alonzo never can succeed.
FROM
DELIA TO ALONZO.
WHO HAD SENT HER A SLIGHTING EPISTLE.
SIR, I your letter did peruse;
So elegant the style you use,
Abash’d, confounded I did muse
Struck with amaze;
Great wit and learning you diffuse
In all your lays.
You’ve been upon Parnassus’ top,