How science dwindles, and how volumes swell,
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.


The Love of Fame (1725–8) Satire 7, l. 96


How science dwindles, and how volumes swell, How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How science dwindles, and how volumes swell, How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How science dwindles, and how volumes swell, How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How science dwindles, and how volumes swell, How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun.