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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When Reputation meets a galling stroke,
That injures Fame, and does the Mind provoke,
Lex Talionis, is the only sure
Remedium that can work a pleasing Cure;
Then rouse, ye injur'd Brethren of the Quill,
Why all so tame, so indolent and still?
Exert your Talents, your resentment show,
Hunt him as far as Wit and Words will go;
And since his Muse, of late, has been so rash,
Attack him warmly, give him Lash for Lash;
Proclaim him Rebel to Apollo's Crown,
And make him run the Gantlet thro' the Town;
That e'ery Brother, he has us'd with scorn,
May deal the Bard an adequate return:
For, tell me, you harmonious Sons of Verse,
Which most deserves to wear the Asse's Ears,
He that offends, or he that tamely bears.
That injures Fame, and does the Mind provoke,
Lex Talionis, is the only sure
Remedium that can work a pleasing Cure;
Then rouse, ye injur'd Brethren of the Quill,
Why all so tame, so indolent and still?
Exert your Talents, your resentment show,
Hunt him as far as Wit and Words will go;
And since his Muse, of late, has been so rash,
Attack him warmly, give him Lash for Lash;
Proclaim him Rebel to Apollo's Crown,
And make him run the Gantlet thro' the Town;
That e'ery Brother, he has us'd with scorn,
May deal the Bard an adequate return:
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Which most deserves to wear the Asse's Ears,
He that offends, or he that tamely bears.
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