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MG-A(G.746.004
4 Feb 1746:41,42 (41)
By Theophilus Polypharmacus, M.D. for the public good.
Nam pulchrum est benefacere Reipublicae.
[signed] Sallustius.
[This whole page contains satirical prose describing a cure
for "furor Poeticus" which sometimes afflicts "unhappy
demented poets." The following lines, scattered within the
prose, are the only verses, per se:]
A well-turn'd praise requir'd the nicest skill,
And he who writes ill-natur'd must write ill. . .
Then let the muse her tuneful numbers raise,
And praise the beauties for the sake of praise. . .
In every charm some glorious Goddess place,
But let the charm the glorious Goddess grace;
Let Venus hail her for the wife of Jove,
And June take her for the Queen of Love;
Let Pallas, frowning,----- . . .
M---a sings, now bid the muses hear,
Or call Apollo from the chrystal sphere. . .
See lovely R-----, hapless maid ----
Happy the man who this fair maiden loves;
O happiest he, whom this fair maid approves!
Great is her worth, but useless and unknown,
Or useful to her charming self alone.
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