Gulliveriana or, a fourth volume of miscellanies. Being a Sequel of the Three Volumes published by Pope and Swift. To which is added, Alexanderiana; or, A Comparison between the Ecclesiastical and Poetical Pope. And many Things, in Verse and Prose, relating to the latter. With an ample Preface; and a Critique on the Third Volume of Miscellanies lately publish'd by those two facetious Writers [by Jonathan Smedley] |
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To be inserted in the next Edition of the Dunciad.
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To be inserted in the next Edition of the Dunciad.
Homer
describing the divine Abodes,
Mingled a crippl'd Vulcan with his Gods;
And the same Bard, when he his Heroes sings,
Crouds a Thersites in among his Kings;
A crooked, petulant, malicious Wight,
Unfit for Converse, Friendship, Love, or Fight;
The Scum and Shame of Greece, whose Mother Nature
Impress'd the Scoundrel strong on every Feature.
Mingled a crippl'd Vulcan with his Gods;
And the same Bard, when he his Heroes sings,
Crouds a Thersites in among his Kings;
A crooked, petulant, malicious Wight,
Unfit for Converse, Friendship, Love, or Fight;
The Scum and Shame of Greece, whose Mother Nature
Impress'd the Scoundrel strong on every Feature.
Should Homer now revive, and sing agen,
Of Gods Immortal, or of God-like Men;
As a strong Foil, he'd make his Murd'rer P---e
The Vulcan, and Thersites of the Group.
Of Gods Immortal, or of God-like Men;
As a strong Foil, he'd make his Murd'rer P---e
The Vulcan, and Thersites of the Group.
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