Note 294 — AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM. (continued 2)
Reading edition
The hint for the first verse in this couplet seems to have been supplied by Dryden's conclusion of the Religio Laici:
Yet neither praise expect, nor censure fear.
The second verse of the couplet seems to be an adaptation of a line in Prior's Henry and Emma:
Joyful to live yet not afraid to die.