An Essay on Criticism

Alexander Pope

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'Some few in that but numbers err in this,Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss,A fool might once himself alone expose,Now one in verse makes many more in prose.'Tis with our judgments as our watches, noneGo just alike, yet each believes his ownIn poets as true genius is but rareTrue taste as seldom is the critic shareBoth must alike from Heaven derive their light,These born to judge as well as those to writeLet such teach others who themselves excel,And censure freely, who have written wellAuthors are partial to their wit, 'tis trueBut are not critics to their judgment too?Yet if we look more closely we shall find