Apollo's Maggot in his Cups or, the Whimsical Creation of a Little Satyrical Poet. A Lyrick Ode [by Edward Ward] |
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EPIGRAM.
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EPIGRAM.
[In one prolifick Age, two Popes appear'd]
In one prolifick Age, two Popes appear'd,Both British Bards, and in their turns rever'd:
The first was famous for his Wish, the last,
For cooking Homer to our English tast.
Rome, tho' for Popes and Poets justly fam'd,
Ne'er rais'd a Third that both those Titles claim'd.
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But the rude Dunciad blasted t'other's Baies:
No wonder! that his Muse should tread awry,
When guided by such proud Deformity,
Or that his Wit, so learnedly refin'd,
Should with such spleen and arrogance be join'd
Since a distemper'd Body oft corrupts the Mind.
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