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That is, some words of Spanish, Turk, and Greek,

Italian not at all, having no teachers;

Much English I cannot pretend to speak,

Learning that language chiefly from its preachers,

Barrow, South, Tillotson, whom every week

I study, also Blair⁠—the highest reachers

Of eloquence in piety and prose⁠—

I hate your poets, so read none of those.