< Responsibilities
TO A POET, WHO WOULD HAVE ME
PRAISE CERTAIN BAD POETS, IMI-
You say, as I have often given tongue
In praise of what another's said or sung,
'Twere politic to do the like by these;
But have you known a dog to praise his fleas?
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