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n hi parents who providehi with it, it would be y advice to the to let hi pursuewhatever science they ay see hi ost cled to; and though that ofpoetry is less eful than pleasurable, it is not one of those thatbrg discredit upon the possesr poetry, ntle sir, is, as itake it, like a tender young aiden of supre beauty, to array,bedeck, and adorn who is the task of several other aidens, who areall the rest of the sciences; and 射 t avail herself of the helpof all, and all derive their stre fro her but this aiden will notbear to be handled, nor dragd through the streets, nor exposedeither at the rners of the arket-places, or the closets ofpalaces 射 is the product of an alchey of such virtue that he whois able to practise it, will turn her to pure gold of estiableworth he that possesses her t keep her with bounds, notperittg her to break out ribald satires or ulless ns 射t on no aount be offered for sale, unless, deed, it be heroic poes, ovg tradies, or sprightly and nio edies射 t not be touched by the buffoons, nor by the ignorant vulgar,capable of prehendg or appreciatg her hidden treasures anddo not suppose, senor, that i apply the ter vulgar here rely lebeians and the lower orders; for everyone who is ignorant, be helord or prce, ay and should be cded aong the vulgar he, then,who shall ebrace and cultivate poetry under the nditions i havenad, shall bee fao, and his na honoured throughout all thecivilised nations of the earth and with regard to what you say,senor, of your n havg n