To a Person who wrote Ill, and spake Worse against Me. Matthew Prior Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T075639 Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721. Poems on Several Occasions [English poems only]. London Printed for JACOB TONSON at Shakespear's-Head over against Katharine-Street in the Strand, and JOHN BARBER upon Lambeth-Hill. MDCCXVIII. 1718 pp. 198-199. [42],506,[6]p.: ill.; 2°.

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To a Person who wrote Ill , and spake Worse against Me . Lye , Philo , untouch'd on my peaceable Shelf ; Nor take it amiss , that so little I heed Thee ; I've no Envy to Thee , and some Love to my Self : Then why shou'd I answer ; since first I must read Thee ? Drunk with Helicon's Waters and double-brew'd Bub , Be a Linguist , a Poet , a Critic , a Wag ; To the solid Delight of thy Well-judging Club , To the Damage alone of thy Bookseller Brag . Pursue me with Satyr : what Harm is there in't ? But from all vivâ voce Reflection forbear : There can be no Danger from what Thou shalt Print : There may be a little from what Thou may'st swear .