Lie Philo untouch'd, on my peaceable shelf, <br />Nor take it amiss that so little I heed thee; <br />I've no envy to thee, and some love to myself: <br />Then why should I answer since first I must read thee? <br />Drunk with Helicon's waters, and double-brew'd bub, <br />Be a linguist, a poet, a critic, a wag; <br />To the solid delight of thy well-judging club, <br />To the damage alone of thy bookseller Brag. <br />Pursue me with satire; what harm is there in't? <br />But from all viva voce reflection forbear; <br />There can be no danger from what thou shalt print, <br />There may be a little from what thou may'st swear.<br /><br />Matthew Prior<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-a-person-who-wrote-ill-and-spake-worse-against-me/
