Before or after, a useful maxim or a fine touch is always in season. CIf it does not suit what precedes or what follows, it is good in itself. AI am not one of those who think that good rhythm makes a good poem. Let him make a short syllable long if he wants, that doesn’t matter; if the inventions are pleasant, if wit and judgment have done their work well, I shall say: There is a good poet, but a bad versifier.
