...Scott said of this great poet, (for great, with all his faults, he undoubtedly was,) " And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again, But that a ribald king and court Bade him play on to make them sport ; The world, defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength...

...been more worthy of his genius and his name than many of those he has left behind him ; but alas! " A ribald king and court Bade him toil on to make them...and play ; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the god-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line." Minor Although Dryden held the supreme...

...chalked out a way for others to amend my errors in a like design; but being encouraged only with fair But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on,...and play; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line. Warm'd by such names, well may we then,...

...he wrote for himself, the others are saerifiees to the taste of the times. A ribald kine and eonrt Bade him toil on to make them sport, Demanded for their niggard pay Pit for their sonls a looser lay, Lieentions satire, song, snd play, The world, defranded of the high...

...prolong : They gleam through Spenser's elfin dream, And mix in Milton's heavenly theme ; And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again,...to make them sport; Demanded for their niggard pay, But for their souls a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play ; The world defrauded of the high...

...Drrden, in immortal strain, Hid rabed the Table Round again,' But that a ribald King and Court Bale him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit fur their souls, a looecr lay, licentious satire, song, and play ;' ТЪе world defrauded of the high...

...and volatile spirits." The last sentences remind us of Scott's lofty apologetic tribute : And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again,...and play ; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marred the mighty line.* In estimating the influence of this stalwart,...

...farther distant in time, gives the greater scope to my invention ; or that of Edward the Black Prince, But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on,...and play ; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line. Warm'd by such names, well may we then,...

...mix in Milton's heavenly theme ; And Dryden, in immortal strain, Hud raised the Table Round again,1 But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on,...song, and play ;* The world defrauded of the high design,4 Profaned the God-given strength, aud marr'd the lofty liue. Warm'd by such names, well may...

...glory.* In Walter Scott's indignant lines : " Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the table-round again, But that a ribald king and court, Bade him...pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satires, song and play ; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God given strength, and...