Be Not The First By

Homer Excels All The Inventors Of Other Arts In This: That He Has Swallowed Up The Honor Of Those Who Succeeded Him.

Giving Advice Is Many Times Only The Privilege Of Saying A Foolish Thing One's Self, Under The Pretense Of Hindering Another From Doing One.

Behold The Groves That Shine With Silver Frost, Their Beauty Withered, And Their Verdure Lost!

So Man, Who Here Seems Principal Alone, Perhaps Acts Second To Some Sphere Unknown Touches Some Wheel, Or Verges To Some Goal; 'tis But A Part We See, And Not A Whole.

In The Nice Bee, What Sense So Subtly True From Pois'nous Herbs Extracts The Healing Dew?