ABSTRACT
timid, I venture on a doubtful field, The heaviest weapon in our verse to wield; Presume with Dryden’s couplet to engage The wild philosophers in all their rage. Well knowing how I merit the reproach In learned fields, unlearned, to encroach; Well knowing that, a puny Jonah, I The great Behemoth of the seas defy; Whose learning, logic, casuistry’s so vast, He overflows the metaphysic waste.
