Classic Poem

O Zell , at Sanger 's Call, invok'd his Muse,
For who to sing for Sanger could refuse?
His Numbers such, as Sanger 's self might use.
Reviving Perault , murd'ring Boileau , he
Slander'd the Ancients first, then Wycherley ;
Not that it much that Author's Anger rais'd,
For those were slander'd most whom Ozell prais'd:
Nor had the toothless Satyr caus'd complaining,
Had not sage Rowe pronounc'd it Entertaining .
How great, how just, the Judgment of that Writer!
Who the Plain-dealer damns, and prints the Biter