Social Commentaries
The Dedication to Momus
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1
Social Commentaries
I To Maecenas dedicate my book,
Hee'l read it with no supercilious look;
To each Ingenious Reader I transmit
The same, he best knows how to judge of it;
To th' simple that he may admire't, I give,
Whom 'cause he understands not, I forgive;
To all my Poetizing friends I send it,
But to you only (Momus) I commend it.
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