A DISSERTATION upon the whole by Curritur ad vocem jucundam, et carmen amicæ Auditur; fed cum fregit fubfellia versu, Efurit, intactam Paridi nifi vendat Agaven. Juvenal, Sat. 7. All Rome is pleas'd, when STATIUS will rehearse, And longing Crowds expect the promis'd Verse ; His lofty Numbers with fo great a Gust They hear, and fwallow with fuch eager Luft: But while the common Suffrage crown'd his Caufe, His Mufe had starv'd, had not a Piece unread, And by a Player bought, supply'd her Bread. Dryden. THE SECOND EDITION CORRECTED. LONDON: Printed for T. BECKET, in the Strand.. (1773) |