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Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out her powers, and leaves a blank behind.
But let not youth, to insolence allied,
In heat of blood, in full career of pride, 650
Possess'd of genius, with unhallow'd rage
Mock the infirmities of reverend age:
The greatest genius to this fate may bow;
Reynolds, in time, may be like Hogarth now.
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Footnotes:
[117] For occasion of this poem, see Life.
[118] 'Fox:' Henry Fox, afterwards Lord Holland, supposed not to be
over-honest.
[119] 'Dashwood:' Sir Francis Dashwood, generally thought a bigoted and
stupid Tory.
[120] 'Norton:' Sir Fletcher Norton, Attorney-General from 1763 to
1765, created a peer in 1782 by the title of Lord Grantley.
[121] 'Mansfield:' the celebrated Murray, Lord Mansfield. See Junius.
[122] 'Rochester:' Pearce, Bishop of Rochester, mentioned above as a
foe to Churchill.
[123] 'Ayliffe:' a forger of the period, said to have been ill-used by
Lord Holland. Churchill intended to write a poem, entitled, 'Ayliffe's
Ghost,' but did not live to accomplish his intention.


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