XLIV.

For downright rudeness, ye may stay at home;

For true or false politeness (and scarce that
Now
) you may cross the blue deep and white foam—

The first the emblem (rarely though) of what

You leave behind, the next of much you come

To meet. However, 't is no time to chat

On general topics: poems must confine

Themselves to unity, like this of mine.[KU]

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