Classic Poem

Some squeamish palates difficult to please,
Relish no writings but of Rome and Greece ;
With them time serves for an unerring rule,
Antient a wit , and modern speaks a fool :
Whilst solid sense and true poetick flame
In every age and nation are the same .
Thus P INDAR'S genius C OWLEY did inspire,
And Milton warms us with old Homer's fire;
One thought might make these sage observers know,
Let but some ages in succession go,
And Pope and Prior will be antients too.