Critics of Voltaire

Of those who speak about Voltaire
The least malicious are unfair.
The groundlings neither heed nor know
The victories of Apollo's bow;
What powers of darkness he withstood
And stampt upon the Python's blood.
Observing stil his easy pace,
They call it levity, not grace.
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