Disperse in fume the antagonistic ill.
This institution, therefore,—Comedy,—
By origin, a rite; by exercise,
Proved an achievement tasking poet's power
To utmost, eking legislation out
Beyond the legislator's faculty,
Playing the censor where the moralist
Declines his function, far too dignified
For dealing with minute absurdities;
By efficacy,—virtue's guard, the scourge