The true, the great poet's dignity of soul Scorns to usurp, or bear unjust controul; Warmly a brother-bard's desert befriends, Nor aims, by sordid means, at noble ends: He will not, little GOLDSMITH-like, exclaim Against a living candidate for fame; Merit it's full applause he will not grudge; In him the author will not warp the judge. Parnassian luminaries, near, and bright, May hurt, for him, a weak, distempered sight; He will not sicken at the genial ray, Nor e'er *prefer a PARNELL to a GRAY.
* [PARNELL'S] "Night-Piece on Death, deserves every praise, and, I should suppose, with very little amendment, might be made to surpass all the Night-Pieces, and CHURCH-YARD-SCENES that have since appeared." GOLDSMITH'S Life of Parnell.
