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...false idea of the dignity of his order of poetry, to which he has partly contributed by the ingenuous boast, " That not in Fancy's maze he wander'd long, But stoop'd to Truth, and moraliz'd his song." ' He should have written " rose to truth." In my mind the highest of all poetry...

...ways: 335 That Flatt'ry, ev'n to Kings, he held a shame, And thought a Lie in verse or prose the same. That not in Fancy's maze he wander'd long, But stoop'd to Truth, and moraliz'd his song: That not for Fame, but Virtue's better end, 340 He stood the furious foe, the timid...

...ways: That Flatt'ry, ev'n to Kings, he held a shame, And thought a Lie in verse or prose the same. That not in Fancy's maze he wander'd long, But stoop'd to Truth, and mortaliz'd his song; That not for Fame, but Virtue's better end, He stood the furious foe, the timid...

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...ways: That flatt'ry ev'n to Kings, he held a shame, And thought a lie in verse or prose the same; J39 2 That not for Fame, but Virtue's better end, He stood the furious foe, the timid friend, The damning...

...therefore condemned as Gothic, unnatural, ridiculous, and childish. We can therefore understand Pope's boast : That not in Fancy's maze he wander'd long, But stoop'd to Truth, and moraliz'd his song.' This theory of poetry was logical, consistent, and worthy of serious and judicious...

...therefore condemned as Gothic, unnatural, ridiculous and childish. We can therefore understand Pope's boast : That not in Fancy's maze he wander'd long, But stoop'd to Truth, and moraliz'd his song.3 1 Essays of John Dryden (Ker), vol. ip 229. 2 It is perhaps more than a coincidence...

...therefore condemned as Gothic, unnatural, ridiculous and childish. We can therefore understand Pope's boast : That not in Fancy's maze he wander'd long, But stoop'd to Truth, and moraliz'd his song.3 1 Essays of John Dryden (Ker), vol. ip 229. * It is perhaps more than a coincidence...

...false idea of the dignity of his order of poetry, to which he has partly contributed by the ingenuous boast, That not in Fancy's maze he wander'd long, But stoop'd to Truth, and moraliz'd his song. He should have written 'rose to truth'. In my mind the highest of all poetry is...