The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM CCVIII.
[In Milton's, and in Dryden's time]
SUB JUDICE LIS EST.
In Milton's, and in Dryden's time,
'Twas doubtful, if blank verse, or rhyme,
Serv'd Poetry's purpose best:
And much good learning and good sense,
In aid of either side's pretence,
Was pro and con addrest.
'Twas doubtful, if blank verse, or rhyme,
Serv'd Poetry's purpose best:
And much good learning and good sense,
In aid of either side's pretence,
Was pro and con addrest.
The question, after all this pains,
Tho' chang'd in form, in force remains,
As puzzling as at first:
'Tis just as hard a thing to say,
If rhyme, or blank verse, in our day,
Serves Poetry's purpose worst!
Tho' chang'd in form, in force remains,
As puzzling as at first:
'Tis just as hard a thing to say,
If rhyme, or blank verse, in our day,
Serves Poetry's purpose worst!
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