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which: who.
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In whose confine immured is the store / Which should example where your equal grew: i.e., within whom is contained the resources which would be required to produce another you equal to the original.
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Lean penury within that pen doth dwell / That to his subject lends not some small glory: It is a very poor poet who does not confer some honor upon the subject of his poetry.
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clear: glorious.
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counterpart: copy. fame: make famous.
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curse: an ill quality (in your own character).
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Being fond: doting. makes your praises worse: diminishes the praise due you.