And when you read, with ecstasy will say,

"The finished piece! the admirable play!"

Which, when exposed to censure and to light,

Cannot endure a critic's piercing sight.

A hundred authors' fates have been foretold,

And Shadwell's works are printed, but not sold.

Hear all the world; consider every thought;

A fool by chance may stumble on a fault:

Yet, when Apollo does your muse inspire,

Be not impatient to expose your fire;