1. Tell those who wish to try a line
Like mine, when genius drives them on,

2. You aimed too high, while fate declined
To make your folly rave and yawn

3. Like clouds that teem with thunderous din.
The stars are drowned when suns arise

4. And shame it is when minds chastise
With thoughts that toil yet nothing win,

5. As witless grammar cudgels one
With rules that bear no fruit but pain.