His fury not without distinction sheds,

Hurls mortal bolts but on devoted heads:

To less infected members gentle found,

Or spares, or else pours balm into the wound.

Such generous grace the ungrateful tribe abuse,

And trespass on the mercy of his muse;

Their wretched doggrell rhimers forth they bring,

To snarl and bark against the poet's king:

A crew, that scandalize the nation more

Than all their treason-canting priests before!