AND SPOKE WORSE AGAINST ME .
Lie , Philo, untouch'd on my peaceable shelf;
Nor take it amiss, that so little I heed thee:
I've no envy to thee, and some love to myself:
Then why should I answer; since first I must read thee?
Drunk with Helicon's waters and double-brew'd bub,
Be a linguist, a poet, a critic, a wag;
To the solid delight of thy well-judging club,
To the damage alone of thy bookseller Brag.
Pursue me with satire: what harm is there in't?
But from all viva voce reflection forbear:
There can be no danger from what thou shalt print:
There may be a little from what thou may'st swear.
Lie , Philo, untouch'd on my peaceable shelf;
Nor take it amiss, that so little I heed thee:
I've no envy to thee, and some love to myself:
Then why should I answer; since first I must read thee?
Drunk with Helicon's waters and double-brew'd bub,
Be a linguist, a poet, a critic, a wag;
To the solid delight of thy well-judging club,
To the damage alone of thy bookseller Brag.
Pursue me with satire: what harm is there in't?
But from all viva voce reflection forbear:
There can be no danger from what thou shalt print:
There may be a little from what thou may'st swear.