To Dr. DELA NY, on the Libels written against him.
-Tanti tibi non fit opaci
Omnis arena Tagi.
Written in the year 1729.
S fome raw youth in country bred,
To arms by thirst of honour led,
When at a skirmish first he hears
The bullets whistling round his ears,
Will duck his head afide, will start,
And feel a trembling at his heart;
Till 'fcaping oft without a wound
Leffens the terror of the found;
Fly bullets now as thick as hops,
He runs into a cannon's chops:
An author thus who pants for fame,
Begins the world with fear and shame:
VOL. VIII.