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Give to the di&ates of the Learn'd refpedl, 

 Nor proudly untaught fentiments reject, 

 Severe to felf alone ; for felf is blind, 

 And deems each merit in its offspring join'd : 

 Such fond delufion time can beft remove, 

 Concealing for a while the child we love ; 

 By abfence then the Eye impartial grown 

 Will, tho' no friend affift, each error own ; 

 But thefe fubdued, let thy determin'd mind 

 Veer not with ev'ry critic's veering wind, 

 Or e'er fubmit thy Genius to the rules 

 Of prating fops, or felf-important fools; 630 



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Utere dodlorum monitis, nee fperne fuperbus 

 Difcere, quse de te fuerit fententia vulgi ; 

 Eft CSECUS nam quifque fuis in rebus, 6c expers 

 Judicii, prolemque fuam miratur amatque. 

 Aft ubi confilium deerit fapientis amici, 

 Id tempus dabit, atque mora intermiffa labori. 

 Non facilis tamen ad nutus, -& inania vulgi 

 Di&a, levis mutabis opus, geniumque relinques : 



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