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VER. 624. Between this and ver. 625:—

In vain you shrug, and sweat, and strive to fly;

These know no manners but of poetry.

They'll stop a hungry chaplain in his grace,

To treat of unities of time and place.

Between ver. 647 and 648, were the following lines, afterwards

suppressed by the author:—

That bold Columbus of the realms of wit,

Whose first discovery's not exceeded yet.

Led by the light of the Maeonian star,

He steer'd securely, and discover'd far.

He, when all Nature was subdued before,

Like his great pupil, sigh'd, and long'd for more:

Fancy's wild regions yet unvanquish'd lay,

A boundless empire, and that own'd no sway.

Poets, &c.

Between ver. 691 and 692, the author omitted these two:—

Vain wits and critics were no more allow'd,

When none but saints had licence to be proud.