Sometimes conceited sceptics, void of sense,

By their false taste condemn some finished part,

And blame the noblest flights of wit and art.

In vain their fond opinions you deride,

With their loved follies they are satisfied;

And their weak judgment, void of sense and light,

Thinks nothing can escape their feeble sight:

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{ Their dangerous counsels do not cure, but wound;

{ To shun the storm they run your verse aground,