Hence, pedant Nature! with thy Grecian rules!

Centaurs (not fabulous) those rules efface;

Back, sister Muses, to your native schools;

Here booted grooms usurp Apollo's place,

Hoofs shame the boards that Garrick used to grace,

The play of limbs succeeds the play of wit;

Man yields the drama to the Houynim race,

His prompter spurs, his licencer the bit,

The stage a stable-yard, a jockey-club the pit.