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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... throne, And laughs to think Monroe would take her down, Where o'er the gates, by his famed father's hand, Great Cibber's brazen, brainless brothers stand; One cell there is, conceal'd from vulgar eye, The cave of Poverty and Poetry ...
... throne, And laughs to think Monroe would take her down, Where o'er the gates, by his famed father's hand, Great Cibber's brazen, brainless brothers stand; One cell there is, conceal'd from vulgar eye, The cave of Poverty and Poetry ...
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... throne: Fierce champion Fortitude, that knows no fears Of hisses, blows, or want, or loss of ears: Calm Temperance, whose blessings those partake, Who hunger and who thirst for scribbling sake: Prudence, whose glass presents th ...
... throne: Fierce champion Fortitude, that knows no fears Of hisses, blows, or want, or loss of ears: Calm Temperance, whose blessings those partake, Who hunger and who thirst for scribbling sake: Prudence, whose glass presents th ...
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... throne; 'Twixt Prince and People close the curtain draw, Shade him from light, and cover him from law; Fatten the Courtier, starve the learned band, And suckle Armies, and dry-nurse the land; Till Senates nod to lullabies divine, And ...
... throne; 'Twixt Prince and People close the curtain draw, Shade him from light, and cover him from law; Fatten the Courtier, starve the learned band, And suckle Armies, and dry-nurse the land; Till Senates nod to lullabies divine, And ...
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... throne, Or that whereon her Curlls the public pours, All bounteous, fragrant grains and golden showers, Great Cibber sate; the proud Parnassian sneer, The conscious simper, and the jealous leer, Mix on his look: all eyes direct their ...
... throne, Or that whereon her Curlls the public pours, All bounteous, fragrant grains and golden showers, Great Cibber sate; the proud Parnassian sneer, The conscious simper, and the jealous leer, Mix on his look: all eyes direct their ...
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