"But as a Bow that's always bent / Hath soon its force elastic spent; / So, lest the over-burthen'd brain / (Which can't too great a weight sustain) / Should not so much rich food digest, / 'Tis sometimes good to give it rest."
The Temple-Student: An Epistle to a Friend, Who had requested the Author's Opinion of a Poetical Composition. [from The poetical works of George Keate]
George Keate, <u>The Poetical Works of George Keate</u> 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781).