The dispensary : a poem in six canto's [sic] / [Anon].

  • Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719.
Date:
1700
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Credit: The dispensary : a poem in six canto's [sic] / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Such is thy Genius, and fuch Art is thine, Some fecret Magick works in ev'ry Line ; We judge not, but we feel the Pow'r Divine. Where all is Juft, is Beauteous, and is Fair, » j Diminutions vanijb of peculiar Air„ Loft in our Pleafure, we Enjoy in you Lucretius, Horace, S^^d, M^^-gue. And yet **tis thought, fome Criticks in this Town, By Rules to all, hut to themfelves unknown Will Damn thy Verfe, and Jufify their own. Why, let them Damn: Were it not wondrous hard Facetious M——— and the City-B-^^— So near altfd in Learning, Wit, and Skilly Should not have leave to Judge, as well as Kjll ? Nay, let them write*, Let them their Forces join. And hope the Motly Piece may Rival thine. Safely defpife their Malice, and their Toil, Which Vulgar Ears alone will reach} and will defle, Be