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LE LUTRIN
Canto 3.
Alas! above thy Seat, the Machine glories
To have surmounted thee five lofty stories;
The Sexton at three strokes, makes the Nail enter,
And now the Pulpit stands firm on its Center.
To have surmounted thee five lofty stories;
The Sexton at three strokes, makes the Nail enter,
And now the Pulpit stands firm on its Center.
Canto IV.
The ARGUMENT.
Alas! The Poëms curious Model
Is Alter'd quite i' th' Poets Noddle!
So Nature oft, for want of Tools,
Decrees Wise men, produces Fools:
To tell you True, my Muse and I
Design'd at first, the Victory
To Master Dean; how 't came about
I cannot tell; but now the Rout
Is His: yet so, The Fancy's richer
To end in Pot, commence in Pitcher!
Such was the Project! such th' Event!
But listen to the Argument!
The Chanter's Dream: A Chapter called;
Fine Speeches made; The Pulpit mawled;
This Counter-Scuffle, I dare stand in't,
The Goddess Discord had a hand in't:
Is Alter'd quite i' th' Poets Noddle!
So Nature oft, for want of Tools,
Decrees Wise men, produces Fools:
To tell you True, my Muse and I
Design'd at first, the Victory
To Master Dean; how 't came about
I cannot tell; but now the Rout
Is His: yet so, The Fancy's richer
To end in Pot, commence in Pitcher!
Such was the Project! such th' Event!
But listen to the Argument!
The Chanter's Dream: A Chapter called;
Fine Speeches made; The Pulpit mawled;
This Counter-Scuffle, I dare stand in't,
The Goddess Discord had a hand in't:
The
