The DunciadFans of literary lampoonery will delight in the no-holds-barred, scorched-earth satire that British poet Alexander Pope unleashes in his witty masterpiece, The Dunciad. Disgusted by the teeming waves of self-proclaimed "writers" who emerged in search of a quick buck when the growing availability of cheaply printed books made sentimental stories popular with the public, Pope took it upon himself to put these hacks in their place in an epic poem lambasting their dullness and lack of refinement. |
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... dance; How Tragedy and Comedy embrace; How Farce and Epic get a jumbled race; How Time himself stands still at her command, Realms shift their place, and Ocean turns to land. Here gay description Egypt glads with showers, Or gives to 6.
... dance; How Tragedy and Comedy embrace; How Farce and Epic get a jumbled race; How Time himself stands still at her command, Realms shift their place, and Ocean turns to land. Here gay description Egypt glads with showers, Or gives to 6.
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... Which, as more pond'rous, made its aim more true, Obliquely waddling to the mark in view: Oh! ever gracious to perplex'd mankind, Still spread a healing mist before the mind; And, lest we err by Wit's wild dancing light, Secure 9.
... Which, as more pond'rous, made its aim more true, Obliquely waddling to the mark in view: Oh! ever gracious to perplex'd mankind, Still spread a healing mist before the mind; And, lest we err by Wit's wild dancing light, Secure 9.
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Alexander Pope. And, lest we err by Wit's wild dancing light, Secure us kindly in our native night. Or, if to Wit a coxcomb make pretence, Guard the sure barrier between that and Sense; Or quite unravel all the reas'ning thread, And hang ...
Alexander Pope. And, lest we err by Wit's wild dancing light, Secure us kindly in our native night. Or, if to Wit a coxcomb make pretence, Guard the sure barrier between that and Sense; Or quite unravel all the reas'ning thread, And hang ...
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