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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Others there are, who prostitute their Brains
In Doggrel Rhimes and Hudibrastick Strains,
Endeav'ring to exhil'rate and delight
The Town, by blending Humour with their Wit:
These are a Merry Het'rogeneous Race,
Who, as they plead no Merit, seek no Baies;
Diff'rent from all the swelling Bards, that aim
At laurel Chaplets and immortal Fame;
But leave Apollo's darling Sons to climb
In Buskins, to the Epick and Sublime,
Whose Fancy, Learning, and superiour Sense,
Give'em, to publick Praise, some small pretence,
Till, craz'd with Selfconceit, they strain their Wits,
In coining new prepost'rous Epithets,
And monstrous Metaphors, with no design
To elevate the Sense, but swell the Line;
Some of which litter I shall here recite,
To show what giddy Fools extol for bright.
In Doggrel Rhimes and Hudibrastick Strains,
Endeav'ring to exhil'rate and delight
The Town, by blending Humour with their Wit:
These are a Merry Het'rogeneous Race,
Who, as they plead no Merit, seek no Baies;
Diff'rent from all the swelling Bards, that aim
At laurel Chaplets and immortal Fame;
But leave Apollo's darling Sons to climb
In Buskins, to the Epick and Sublime,
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Give'em, to publick Praise, some small pretence,
Till, craz'd with Selfconceit, they strain their Wits,
In coining new prepost'rous Epithets,
And monstrous Metaphors, with no design
To elevate the Sense, but swell the Line;
Some of which litter I shall here recite,
To show what giddy Fools extol for bright.
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