Durgen Or, A Plain Satyr upon a Pompous Satyrist. Amicably Inscrib'd, by the Author, to those Worthy and Ingenious Gentlemen misrepresented in a late invective Poem, call'd, The Dunciad [by Edward Ward] |
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This, Durgen, we foresee will be thy fate,
Thou'st err'd too soon, and will repent too late;
Pride, the sure Comrade of ill-natur'd Wit,
Will still persist, 'tis Penance to submit;
For Self-conceit makes weak Offenders strong,
And buoys up proud Aggressors in the wrong;
Supports a vile callumniating Crew,
And prompts Lampooners to report, like you,
Injurious Falshoods, scandalously base,
Too mean to gain Applause or fix Disgrace.
So envious Neighbours labour to collect
The trifling Faults of those they disaffect,
And vainly hope, by publishing the same,
Not only to asperse another's Name;
But to revive their own declining Fame.
Thou'st err'd too soon, and will repent too late;
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Will still persist, 'tis Penance to submit;
For Self-conceit makes weak Offenders strong,
And buoys up proud Aggressors in the wrong;
Supports a vile callumniating Crew,
And prompts Lampooners to report, like you,
Injurious Falshoods, scandalously base,
Too mean to gain Applause or fix Disgrace.
So envious Neighbours labour to collect
The trifling Faults of those they disaffect,
And vainly hope, by publishing the same,
Not only to asperse another's Name;
But to revive their own declining Fame.
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