ABSTRACT

Sidley indeed and Rochester might Write, For their own Credit, and their Friends’ Delight, Shewing how far they cou’d the rest out-do, As in their Fortunes, so their Writings too; But shou’d Drudge Dryden this Example take, And Absoloms for empty Glory make, He’d soon perceive his Income scarce enough, To feed his Nostrils with Inspiring Snuff, Starving for Meat, nor surfeiting on Praise, He’d find his Brain as barren as his Bays.