ON
TWO ENGLISH POETS,
WHO FLOURISHED IN THE FORMER HALF OF THE LAST CENTURY, AND PUBLISHED COMPLIMENTARY VERSES ON EACH OTHER.
Edward, thy Ode’s too long by half,
Stephen’s Reply might spare a quarter:
Now, in my judgment, Stephen’s song
Is as much better, as ’tis shorter.
Edward declares, though Milton’s lines
Rise to an unexampled height,
That, in heroics, Stephen shines
Like Milton, and almost as bright.