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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In being pleas'd with e'ery whim that's new;
Tho' forc'd the Language, monstrous the Designe
If 'tis but recent, still it must be fine;
With such, the very Author's Name's enough,
And oft gives sanction to indiff'rent stuff,
Vogue prepossesses half the reading Croud,
They know 'tis Durgen's and it must be good;
With eager Eyes they on the Title look,
And, without reading, recommend the Book,
Purchas'd by numbers, for no other cause,
Than that its just in fashion with the Beaus;
To whose wise Judgment, Poets must submit,
And by their Touchstone try the truth of Wit;
Works with their stamp pass current thro' the Town,
And what they disapprove the rest cry down;
Nor will the Fair vouchsafe a pleasing glance,
Or one kind commendation, to advance
What their admiring Friends discountenance.
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