...strain, Had ni-nl tho table- round again. Bat that a ribald king and court Bade him toll on, to mako them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay ; The world, defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marred the lofty line."...

...Love " is the only drama he wrote for himself ; the others are sacrifices to the tastes of the times. A ribald king and court Bade him toil on to make them...Fit for their souls a looser lay, Licentious satire, sons and play, The world, defrauded of the hich design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marr'd...

...either of them ever write one ? No — never. Sir Walter says finely of glorious John, "And Г/ryden 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,...

...Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Ronnd again, Bnt that a ribald King and Conrt 277 Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their sonls, a looser lay, Licentions satire, song, and play :c The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned...

...Drydcn, in immortal stvain, Had raised the Tahle Round irr!neu, But thtit a rihlald king and court Bo, 'e him toil on, to make them sport; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their tools, a looser lay, Licentious satire, sony, a"dplay. — P. 15 Dryden's melancholy aceount of his...

...unbelieving Court. Cf. Scott, Marmion, canto I, Introd. : ' And Dryden in immortal strain Had rais'd the Table Round again. But that a ribald king and...a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play.' 1. 214. Roscommon. Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, died 1684. Besides occasional pieces, he translated...

...unbelieving Court. Cf. Scott, Marmion, canto i, Introd. : • And Dryden in immortal strain • Had rais'd the Table Round again, * But that a ribald king and...a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play.' 1.214. Roscommon. Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, died 1684. Besides occasional pieces, he translated...

...much as if he did. — Hochester. ON DRYDEN. DRYDEN, in immortal strain, Had raised the table-round again, But that a ribald king and court Bade him toil...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...

...the days of King Charles IL He has indeed handled some noble themes, and would have added to these, " But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on to make them sport." Dryden was unable or unwilling to resist, and thus he — " Profaned the God-given strength, And marred...

...legends to 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, • But that a ribbald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for...