Christopher Smart,
Prologue to a Comedy call'd the Grateful Fair
“ Fights when the battle's o'er, with wond'rous pain, By Shrewsbury's clock, and nobly slays the slain. 30The Critic's censures are beneath our care, We strive to please the generous and the fair; To their decision we submit our claim, We write not, speak not, breathe not, but for them. ”
