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202:01,000['  ]| <A Satyr against Reason and Mankind>
202:01,001[A  ]| Were I (who$6#1$ to$4$ my cost already am
202:01,002[A  ]| One of those strange, prodigious creatures, man)
202:01,003[A  ]| A spirit free to$9$ choose, for$4$ my own share,
202:01,004[A  ]| What case of flesh and blood I pleased to$9$ wear,
202:01,005[A  ]| I would be a dog, a monkey, or a bear,
202:01,006[A  ]| Or anything but that$6#2$ vain animal
202:01,007[A  ]| Who$6#1$ is so$5#1$ proud of being rational.
202:01,008[A  ]| The senses are too gross, and he will$1$ contrive
202:01,009[A  ]| A sixth, to$9$ contradict the other five,
202:01,010[A  ]| And before certain instinct, will$1$ prefer
202:01,011[A  ]| Reason, which$6#1$ fifty times for$4$ one does err;
202:01,012[A  ]| Reason, an \7ignis*fatuus\ in$4$ the mind,
202:01,013[A  ]| Which$6#1$, leaving light of nature, sense, behind,
202:01,014[A  ]| Pathless and dangerous wandering ways it takes
202:01,015[A  ]| Through error's fenny bogs and thorny brakes;
202:01,016[A  ]| Whilst the misguided follower climbs with pain
202:01,017[A  ]| Mountains of whimseys, heaped in$4$ his own brain;
202:01,018[A  ]| Stumbling from thought to$4$ thought, falls headlong down
202:01,019[A  ]| Into doubt's boundless sea, where, like$5$ to$9$ drown,
202:01,020[A  ]| Books bear him up$5$ awhile, and make him try
202:01,021[A  ]| To$9$ swim with bladders of philosophy;
202:01,022[A  ]| In$4$ hopes still to$9$ overtake the escaping light,
202:01,023[A  ]| The vapour dances in$4$ his dazzling sight
202:01,024[A  ]| Till, spent, it leaves him to$4$ eternal night.
202:01,025[A  ]| Then old age and experience, hand in$4$ hand,
202:01,026[A  ]| Lead him to$4$ death, and make him understand,
202:01,027[A  ]| After a search so$5#1$ painful and so$5#1$ long,
202:01,028[A  ]| That$3$ all his life he has been in$4$ the wrong.
202:01,029[A  ]| Huddled in$4$ dirt the reasoning engine lies,
202:01,030[A  ]| Who$6#1$ was so$5#1$ proud, so$5#1$ witty, and so$5#1$ wise.
202:01,031[A  ]| Pride drew him in$5$, as cheats their bubbles catch,
202:01,032[A  ]| And made him venture to$9$ be made a wretch.
202:01,033[A  ]| His wisdom did his happiness destroy,
202:01,034[A  ]| Aiming to$9$ know that$6#2$ world he should enjoy.
202:01,035[A  ]| And wit was his vain, frivolous pretense
202:01,036[A  ]| Of pleasing others at his own expense,
202:01,037[A  ]| For$3$ wits are treated just like$4$ common whores:
202:01,038[A  ]| First they are enjoyed, and then kicked out of doors.
202:01,039[A  ]| The pleasure past, a threatening doubt remains
202:01,040[A  ]| That$6#1$ frights the enjoyer with succeeding pains.
202:01,041[A  ]| Women and men of wit are dangerous tools,
202:01,042[A  ]| And ever fatal to$4$ admiring fools:
202:01,043[A  ]| Pleasure allures, and when the fops escape,
202:01,044[A  ]| It is not that$3$ they are beloved, but fortunate,
202:01,045[A  ]| And therefore what they fear at heart, they hate.
202:01,046[A  ]| But now, methinks, some formal band and beard
202:01,047[A  ]| Takes me to$4$ task.  Come on$5$, sir; I am prepared.
202:01,048[B  ]| "Then, by$4$ your favor, anything that$6#1$ is writ
202:01,049[B  ]| Against this gibing, jingling knack called wit
202:01,050[B  ]| Likes me abundantly; but you take care
202:01,051[B  ]| Upon$4$ this point, not to$9$ be too severe.
202:01,052[B  ]| Perhaps my muse were fitter for$4$ this part,
202:01,053[B  ]| For$3$ I profess I can be very smart
202:01,054[B  ]| On$4$ wit, which$6#1$ I abhor with all my heart.
202:01,055[B  ]| I long to$9$ lash it in$4$ some sharp essay,
202:01,056[B  ]| But your grand indiscretion bids me stay
202:01,057[B  ]| And turns my tide of ink another way.
202:01,058[B  ]| "What rage ferments in$4$ your degenerate mind
202:01,059[B  ]| To$9$ make you rail at reason and mankind?
202:01,060[B  ]| Blessed, glorious man! to$4$ whom alone kind heaven
202:01,061[B  ]| An everlasting soul has freely given,
202:01,062[B  ]| Whom his great Maker took such care to$9$ make
202:01,063[B  ]| That$3$ from himself he did the image take
202:01,064[B  ]| And this fair frame in$4$ shining reason dressed
202:01,065[B  ]| To$9$ dignify his nature above beast;
202:01,066[B  ]| Reason, by$4$ whose aspiring influence
202:01,067[B  ]| We take a flight beyond material sense,
202:01,068[B  ]| Dive into mysteries, then soaring pierce
202:01,069[B  ]| The flaming limits of the universe,
202:01,070[B  ]| Search heaven and hell, find out what is acted there,
202:01,071[B  ]| And give the world true grounds of hope and fear."
202:01,072[A  ]| Hold, mighty man, I cry, all this we know
202:01,073[A  ]| From the pathetic pen of Ingelo,
202:01,074[A  ]| From Patrick's Pilgrim, Sibbes' soliloquies,
202:01,075[A  ]| And it is this very reason I despise:
202:01,076[A  ]| This supernatural gift, that$6#1$ makes a mite
202:01,077[A  ]| Think he is the image of the infinite,
202:01,078[A  ]| Comparing his short life, void of all rest,
202:01,079[A  ]| To$4$ the eternal and the ever blest;
202:01,080[A  ]| This busy, puzzling stirrer-up of doubt
202:01,081[A  ]| That$6#1$ frames deep mysteries, then finds them out,
202:01,082[A  ]| Filling with frantic crowds of thinking fools
202:01,083[A  ]| Those reverend bedlams, colleges and schools;
202:01,084[A  ]| Borne on$4$ whose wings, each heavy sot can pierce
202:01,085[A  ]| The limits of the boundless universe;
202:01,086[A  ]| So$5#2$ charming ointments make an old witch fly
202:01,087[A  ]| And bear a crippled carcass through the sky.
202:01,088[A  ]| It is this exalted power, whose business lies
202:01,089[A  ]| In$4$ nonsense and impossibilities,
202:01,090[A  ]| This made a whimsical philosopher
202:01,091[A  ]| Before the spacious world, his tub prefer,
202:01,092[A  ]| And we have modern cloistered coxcombs who$6#1$
202:01,093[A  ]| Retire to$9$ think, because they have nought to$9$ do.
202:01,094[A  ]| But thoughts are given for$4$ action's government;
202:01,095[A  ]| Where action ceases, thought is impertinent.
202:01,096[A  ]| Our sphere of action is life's happiness,
202:01,097[A  ]| And he who$6#1$ thinks beyond, thinks like$4$ an ass.
202:01,098[A  ]| Thus, whilst against false reasoning I inveigh,
202:01,099[A  ]| I own right reason, which$6#1$ I would obey:
202:01,100[A  ]| That$6#2$ reason which$6#1$ distinguishes by$4$ sense
202:01,101[A  ]| And gives us rules of good and ill from thence,
202:01,102[A  ]| That$6#1$ bounds desires with a reforming will$0$
202:01,103[A  ]| To$9$ keep them more in$4$ vigor, not to$9$ kill.
202:01,104[A  ]| Your reason hinders, mine helps to$9$ enjoy,
202:01,105[A  ]| Renewing appetites yours would destroy.
202:01,106[A  ]| My reason is my friend, yours is a cheat;
202:01,107[A  ]| Hunger calls out, my reason bids me eat;
202:01,108[A  ]| Perversely, yours your appetite does mock:
202:01,109[A  ]| This asks for$4$ food, that$6#2$ answers,
202:01,109[X  ]| "What is o'clock?"
202:01,110[A  ]| This plain distinction, sir, your doubt secures:
202:01,111[A  ]| It is not true reason I despise, but yours.
202:01,112[A  ]| Thus I think reason righted, but for$4$ man,
202:01,113[A  ]| I will$1$ never recant; defend him if you can.
202:01,114[A  ]| For$4$ all his pride and his philosophy,
202:01,115[A  ]| It is evident beasts are, in$4$ their degree,
202:01,116[A  ]| As wise at least, and better far than he.
202:01,117[A  ]| Those creatures are the wisest who$6#1$ attain,
202:01,118[A  ]| By$4$ surest means, the ends at which$6#1$ they aim.
202:01,119[A  ]| If therefore Jowler finds and kills his hares
202:01,120[A  ]| Better than Meres supplies committee chairs,
202:01,121[A  ]| Though one is a statesman, the other but a hound,
202:01,122[A  ]| Jowler, in$4$ justice, would be wiser found.
202:01,123[A  ]| You see how far man's wisdom here extends;
202:01,124[A  ]| Look next if human nature makes amends:
202:01,125[A  ]| Whose principles most generous are, and just,
202:01,126[A  ]| And to$4$ whose morals you would sooner trust.
202:01,127[A  ]| Be judge yourself, I will$1$ bring it to$4$ the test:
202:01,128[A  ]| Which$6#1$ is the basest creature, man or beast?
202:01,129[A  ]| Birds feed on$4$ birds, beasts on$4$ each other prey,
202:01,130[A  ]| But savage man alone does man betray.
202:01,131[A  ]| Pressed by$4$ necessity, they kill for$4$ food;
202:01,132[A  ]| Man undoes man to$9$ do himself no$2$ good.
202:01,133[A  ]| With teeth and claws by$4$ nature armed, they hunt
202:01,134[A  ]| Nature's allowance, to$9$ supply their want.
202:01,135[A  ]| But man, with smiles, embraces, friendship, praise,
202:01,136[A  ]| Inhumanly his fellow's life betrays;
202:01,137[A  ]| With voluntary pains works his distress,
202:01,138[A  ]| Not through necessity, but wantonness.
202:01,139[A  ]| For$4$ hunger or for$4$ love they fight and tear,
202:01,140[A  ]| Whilst wretched man is still in$4$ arms for$4$ fear.
202:01,141[A  ]| For$4$ fear he arms, and is of arms afraid,
202:01,142[A  ]| By$4$ fear to$4$ fear successively betrayed;
202:01,143[A  ]| Base fear, the source whence his best passions came:
202:01,144[A  ]| His boasted honor, and his dear-bought fame;
202:01,145[A  ]| That$6#2$ lust of power, to$4$ which$6#1$ he is such a slave,
202:01,146[A  ]| And for$4$ the which$6#1$ alone he dares be brave;
202:01,147[A  ]| To$4$ which$6#1$ his various projects are designed;
202:01,148[A  ]| Which$6#1$ makes him generous, affable, and kind;
202:01,149[A  ]| For$4$ which$6#1$ he takes such pains to$9$ be thought wise,
202:01,150[A  ]| And screws his actions in$4$ a forced disguise,
202:01,151[A  ]| Leading a tedious life in$4$ misery
202:01,152[A  ]| Under laborious, mean hypocrisy.
202:01,153[A  ]| Look to$4$ the bottom of his vast design,
202:01,154[A  ]| Wherein man's wisdom, power, and glory join:
202:01,155[A  ]| The good he acts, the ill he does endure,
202:01,156[A  ]| It is all from fear, to$9$ make himself secure.
202:01,157[A  ]| Merely for$4$ safety, after fame we thirst,
202:01,158[A  ]| For$3$ all men would be cowards if they durst.
202:01,159[A  ]| And honesty is against all common sense:
202:01,160[A  ]| Men must be knaves, it is in$4$ their own defence.
202:01,161[A  ]| Mankind is dishonest; if you think it fair
202:01,162[A  ]| Amongst known cheats to$9$ play upon$4$ the square,
202:01,163[A  ]| You will$1$ be undone.
202:01,164[A  ]| Nor can weak truth your reputation save:
202:01,165[A  ]| The knaves will$1$ all agree to$9$ call you knave.
202:01,166[A  ]| Wronged shall he live, insulted over, oppressed,
202:01,167[A  ]| Who$6#1$ dares be less a villain than the rest.
202:01,168[A  ]| Thus, sir, you see what human nature craves:
202:01,169[A  ]| Most men are cowards, all men should be knaves.
202:01,170[A  ]| The difference lies, as far as I can see,
202:01,171[A  ]| Not in$4$ the thing itself, but the degree,
202:01,172[A  ]| And all the subject matter of debate
202:01,173[A  ]| Is only: Who$6#2$ is a knave of the first rate?
202:01,174[A  ]| All this with indignation have I hurled
202:01,175[A  ]| At the pretending part of the proud world,
202:01,176[A  ]| Who$6#1$, swollen with selfish vanity, devise
202:01,177[A  ]| False freedoms, holy cheats, and formal lies
202:01,178[A  ]| Over their fellow slaves to$9$ tyrannize.
202:01,179[A  ]| But if in$4$ Court so$5#1$ just a man there be
202:01,180[A  ]| (In$4$ Court a just man, yet unknown to$4$ me)
202:01,181[A  ]| Who$6#1$ does his needful flattery direct,
202:01,182[A  ]| Not to$9$ oppress and ruin, but protect
202:01,183[A  ]| (Since flattery, which$6#1$ way soever laid,
202:01,184[A  ]| Is still a tax on$4$ that$6#2$ unhappy trade);
202:01,185[A  ]| If so$5#1$ upright a statesman you can find,
202:01,186[A  ]| Whose passions bend to$4$ his unbiased mind,
202:01,187[A  ]| Who$6#1$ does his arts and policies apply
202:01,188[A  ]| To$9$ raise his country, not his family,
202:01,189[A  ]| Nor, whilst his pride owned avarice withstands,
202:01,190[A  ]| Receives close bribes through friends' corrupted hands ~~
202:01,191[A  ]| Is there a churchman who$6#1$ on$4$ God relies;
202:01,192[A  ]| Whose life, his faith and doctrine justifies?
202:01,193[A  ]| Not one blown up$5$ with vain prelatic pride,
202:01,194[A  ]| Who$6#1$, for$4$ reproof of sins, does man deride;
202:01,195[A  ]| Whose envious heart makes preaching a pretense,
202:01,196[A  ]| With his obstreperous, saucy eloquence,
202:01,197[A  ]| To$9$ chide at kings, and rail at men of sense;
202:01,198[A  ]| None of that$6#2$ sensual tribe whose talents lie
202:01,199[A  ]| In$4$ avarice, pride, sloth, and gluttony;
202:01,200[A  ]| Who$6#1$ hunt good livings, but abhor good lives;
202:01,201[A  ]| Whose lust exalted to$4$ that$6#2$ height arrives
202:01,202[A  ]| They act adultery with their own wives,
202:01,203[A  ]| And ere a score of years completed be,
202:01,204[A  ]| Can from the lofty pulpit proudly see
202:01,205[A  ]| Half a large parish their own progeny;
202:01,206[A  ]| Nor doting bishop who$6#1$ would be adored
202:01,207[A  ]| For$4$ domineering at the council board,
202:01,208[A  ]| A greater fop in$4$ business at fourscore,
202:01,209[A  ]| Fonder of serious toys, affected more,
202:01,210[A  ]| Than the gay, glittering fool at twenty proves
202:01,211[A  ]| With all his noise, his tawdry clothes, and loves;
202:01,212[A  ]| But a meek, humble man of honest sense,
202:01,213[A  ]| Who$6#1$, preaching peace, does practice continence;
202:01,214[A  ]| Whose pious life is a proof he does believe
202:01,215[A  ]| Mysterious truths, which$6#1$ no$2$ man can conceive.
202:01,216[A  ]| If upon$4$ earth there dwell such God-like men,
202:01,217[A  ]| I will$1$ here recant my paradox to$4$ them,
202:01,218[A  ]| Adore those shrines of virtue, homage pay,
202:01,219[A  ]| And, with the rabble world, their laws obey.
202:01,220[A  ]| If such there be, yet grant me this at least:
202:01,221[A  ]| Man differs more from man, than man from beast.