Thy rhymes cry Pax to all, nor dost thou scatter

60Abuses on their shrines, their saints, or water,

And if some civil satire lash thee back,

Because he reads my title, sees my black,

Answer i' th' poet's phrase, and tell them more,

My tale of years had scarce outsummed a score

When my young fancy these light measures meant

The press: but Fate since cancell'd that intent.

Nor claim'd the Church as then a greater part

In me than others, bate my title Art—