 But thou in clumsy verse, unlickt, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. I will not rake the dunghill of thy crimes, For who would read thy life that reads thy rhymes ? But of King David's foes, be this the doom, May all be like the young...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 3681845Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 474 pages
...verse, unlickt, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. I will not rake the dunghill of thy crimes, For who would read thy life that reads...blessing be, To talk like Doeg, and to write like thee !" Achitophel each rank, degree and age, For various ends neglects not to engage ; The wise and rich... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 pages
...verse, unlick'd, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. I will not rake the dunghill of thy crimes, For who would read thy life that reads...blessing be, To talk like Doeg, and to write like thee.] Achitophel each rank, degree, and age, For various ends neglects not to engage ; The wise and rich... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...anointed. I will not rake the dunghill of thy crimes, For whowould read thy life that reads thy rhymed? But of King David's foes be this the doom, May all...blessing be, To talk like Doeg, and to write like thee. DRYDEN. MAC-FLECNOE. 1682. ALL human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...unlicked. unappointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed : I will not rake the dunghill of thy crimes, For who would read thy life that reads...blessing be, To talk like Doeg, and to write like thee. Achiiophel each rank, degree, and age, For various ends neglects not to engage ; The wise and rich,for... | |
 | 1845 - 814 pages
...to be hang'd for nonsense is the devil : Had thou the glories of thy king exprest, Thy praises h»d been satyr at the best ; But thou in clumsy verse,...like thee ! " This is the ne plus ultra of personal eatire. Yet there are passages of comparable excellence in the Dunciad. Aha ! what have we here ? A... | |
 | 1845 - 824 pages
...: I will not rake the dunghill for thy crimes, For who would read thy life that reads thy rhymes 1 But of King David's foes be this the doom, May all...Yankee-Cockney ! What a cross ! JOHN RUSSELL LOWELL from Massachusets thus magpie-like chattereth at the Nightingale. " Philip You talk about the golden age... | |
 | John Wilson - 1846 - 360 pages
...crimes, But of King David's foes be this the doom, For who would read thy life that reads thy rhymes ? May all be like the young man Absalom ! And for my...there are passages of comparable excellence in the Dundad. Aha! what have we here ? A contemptuous attack on Pope by—a Yankee Cockney! What a cross!... | |
 | John Dryden - 1852 - 378 pages
...verse, unlick'd, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed : I will not rake the dunghill of thy crimes, For who would read thy life that reads...blessing be, To talk like Doeg, and to write like thee. THE MEDAL. 1682. Pow'r was his aim : but thrown from that pretence, The wretch turn'd loyal in his... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 568 pages
...anointed. I will not rake the dunghill of thy crimes, For who would read thy life that reads thy rhymes I But of king David's foes, be this the doom, May all...be, — To talk like Doeg, and to write like thee. Achitophel each rank, degree, and age, For various ends neglects not to engage ; The wise and rich,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 592 pages
...dunghill of thy crimes, For who would read thy life that reads thy rhymes ? But of king David's foes, bo this the doom, May all be like the young man Absalom...be,— To talk like Doeg, and to write like thee. Achitophel each rank, degree, and age, For various ends neglects not to engage ; The wise and rich,... | |
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