...weighs their wits. And pities Dido's agonising fits. She has so far the ascendant of the board, 580 The prating pedant puts not in one word; The man of law is nonplussed in his suit, Nay, every other female tongue is mute. Hammers and beating anvils you would...

...is untold; The book-learned wife, in Greek and Latin bold; The critic dame, who at her table sits, Homer and Virgil quotes and weighs their wits And pities Dido's agonizing fits. Go, climb the rugged Alps, ambitious fool, To please the boys, and be a theme at school.1 Jonathan...