On Art and Artists(七)

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     vii
     The cripple every step drudges and labours,
     And says: `Come, learn to walk of me, good neighbours.'
     Sir Joshua in astonishment cries out:
     `See, what great labour! pain in modest doubt!
     `He walks and stumbles as if he crep,
     And how high labour'd is every step!'
     Newton and Bacon cry `Being badly nurst,
     He is all experiments from last to first.'