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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Well may the Poet suffer, that depends
On such weak Judges, or deceitful Friends;
And ancient Works, reviv'd with pains and cost,
Be spightfully discountenanc'd and lost,
Since one ill-temper'd Momus rules the roast.
On such weak Judges, or deceitful Friends;
And ancient Works, reviv'd with pains and cost,
Be spightfully discountenanc'd and lost,
Since one ill-temper'd Momus rules the roast.
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