 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 pages
...praises had been satires at the best; But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed : I will not rake the dunghill...foes be this the doom, May all be like the young man Absalom ; And for my foes may this their blessing be, To talk like Doeg and to write like thee. voi.... | |
 | Grolier Club - English poetry - 1901 - 116 pages
...: forbear no lewd delight Fit for thy bulk — do anything but write," says Dryden ; and again : " I will not rake the dunghill of thy crimes, For who would read thy life that reads thy rhymes ? ' ' This from his enemy ; to make the picture fairer we must quote the words of his panegyrist, Dr.... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 308 pages
...had been satire at the best ; But thou in clumsy verse, nnlickt, unpointed, Hast shamefully defiled the Lord's anointed. I will not rake the dunghill...For who would read thy life that reads thy rhymes I But of King David's foes, be this the doom, May all be like the young man Absolom ; And, for my foes,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1903 - 506 pages
...is satirised under the name of Og, are equal to anything in the poem. Og is thus apostrophised : " I will not rake the dunghill of thy crimes ; For who would read thy life that reads thy rhymes i But of King David's foes be this the doom : May all be like the young man Absalom ! And, for my own,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1905 - 524 pages
...praises had been satires at the best ; But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed : I will not rake the dunghill...foes be this the doom, May all be like the young man Absalom ; And for my foes may this their blessing be, To talk like Doeg and to write like thee. TRADITION.... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...praises had been satire at the best; 70 But thou, in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. I will not rake the dunghill...rhymes? But of King David's foes be this the doom—• . 75 May all be like the young man Absalom; And for my foes, may this their blessing be— To talk... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...praises had been satire at the best; 70 But thou, in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. I will not rake the dunghill...rhymes? But of King David's foes be this the doom — 75 May all be like the young man Absalom; And for my foes, may this their blessing be — To talk... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1916 - 524 pages
...praises had been satires at the best ; But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed : I will not rake the dunghill...foes be this the doom, May all be like the young man Absalom ; And for my foes may this their blessing be, To talk like Doeg and to write like thee. TRADITION.... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh - English literature - 1916 - 100 pages
...church before. When Dryden writes in his most fervent and magnificent style, he writes like this : I will not rake the Dunghill of thy Crimes, For who...David's Foes be this the Doom, May all be like the Young-man Absalom; And for my Foes may this their Blessing be, To talk like Doeg and to write like... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - English literature - 1916 - 96 pages
...church before. When Dryden writes in his most fervent and magnificent style, he writes like this : I will not rake the Dunghill of thy Crimes, For who...David's Foes be this the Doom, May all be like the Young-man Absalom; And for my Foes may this their Blessing be, To talk like Doeg and to write like... | |
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I will not rake the dunghill of thy crimes, For who would read thy life that reads thy rhymes ? But of King David's foes, be this the doom, May all be like the young man Absalom ; And, for my foes, may this their blessing be, To talk like Doeg, and to... 
