May put an Ornament about a Door,
Or decorate a Window, and no more:
But then to finish, is beyond his Skill,
And we suppose the rest, exceeding ill.
And 'tis ridiculous for one good Part,
Where what remains are Scandal to the Art;
Where only one is luckily adorn'd,
And all the rest remarkably deform'd.
Let Architects attempt their Skill to show
In small Designs at first; in what they know.