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And hold up to the sun my little taper.
And hold up to the sun my little taper.
 Writers, especially when they act in a body and with one 
direction, have great influence on the public mind.  
 Writers, especially when they act in a body and with one 
direction, have great influence on the public mind. 
 The book that he has made renders its author this service in 
return, that so long as the book read more 
 The book that he has made renders its author this service in 
return, that so long as the book survives, its author remains 
immortal and cannot die. 
 But every fool describes, in these bright days,
 His wondrous journey to some foreign court,
  And spawns read more 
 But every fool describes, in these bright days,
 His wondrous journey to some foreign court,
  And spawns his quarto, and demands your praise,--
   Death to his publisher, to him 'tis sport. 
 Habits of close attention, thinking heads,
 Become more rare as dissipation spreads,
  Till authors hear at length read more 
 Habits of close attention, thinking heads,
 Become more rare as dissipation spreads,
  Till authors hear at length one general cry
   Tickle and entertain us, or we die! 
 None but an author knows an author's cares,
 Or Fancy's fondness for the child she bears.  
 None but an author knows an author's cares,
 Or Fancy's fondness for the child she bears. 
 So that the jest is clearly to be seen,
 Not in the words--but in the gap between;
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 So that the jest is clearly to be seen,
 Not in the words--but in the gap between;
  Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,
   The substitute for genius, sense, and wit. 
 But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
 Falling, like dew, upon a thought produces
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 But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
 Falling, like dew, upon a thought produces
  That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think. 
 Will you have all in all for prose and verse? Take the miracle 
of our age, Sir Philip Sidney.  
 Will you have all in all for prose and verse? Take the miracle 
of our age, Sir Philip Sidney.