'Tis well thou hast more youthful combatants than I,

Right able to protect thy immortality:

If envy should attack thy spotless name

(And that attacks the best of things

And into rigid censure brings

30The most undoubted registers of fame),

Their fond artillery let them dispense,

Piercing wit and murd'ring eloquence,

Noble conceit and manly sense,

Charming numbers let 'em shine