...ideal haunted the imagination of Dryden : — " Dryden in immortal strain Had raised the Table Eound again, But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil...on to make them sport, Demanded for their niggard pa)-, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song and play ; The world defrauded of...

...outline of his plan in the preface to his translation of Juvenal's Satires, and Sir Walter Scott deplores that " A ribald king and court Bade him toil on to make them sport," and only left him leisure to compose a trashy opera on the story of Arthur. 1 Cowper's translation...

...swell sublime, And all the magic of melodious rhyme. HAYLEY : Essay on Epic Poetry, Ep. IIT. r . . . Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round...King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; . . The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marrM the lofty...

...both morals and art, but seeks to put the blame less on the poet than on his patrons : — " Dryden iu immortal strain Had raised the Table Round again,...king and court Bade him toil on to make them sport, . . . The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marred the lofty...

...Arthurian legends — They gleam through Spenser's elfin dream, And mix in Milton's heavenly theme ; And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table...king and court Bade him toil on to make them sport. Scott himself felt a similar attraction towards this "ancient minstrel strain." He edited, with notes,...

...They gleam through Spenser's elfin dra*. And mix in Milton's heavenly thercc; And Dryden, In immortnl strain, Had raised the Table Round again, But that...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...

...laments that the great poem which Dryden had designed on King Arthur was relinquished on their account: " And Dryden in immortal strain Had raised the Table...King and Court Bade him toil on to make them sport." Both in religion and in politics Dryden followed the course of James II., and at the Revolution became...

...Prince, in his Spanish wars. The times, however, were not ripe for such an effort. As Scott writes: " Dryden in immortal strain Had raised the Table Round...king and court Bade him toil on to make them sport." The worthy knight, Sir Richard Blackmore, was the first to achieve the distinction of a completed Arthurian...

...forcé le puissant talent draAnd Dryden, in immortal strain. Had raised the Table Hound again, Bui that a ribald king and Court Bade him toil on, to...pay. Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious salirc, soug, and play ; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and...

...mix in Milton's htivenly theme; And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Ronnd again, Hut that a ribald king and court Bade him toil on, 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 nigh...