The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
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Chapter 61 PROLOGUE TO TYRANNIC LOVE.

Self-love, which, never rightly understood,

Makes poets still conclude their plays are good,

And malice in all critics reigns so high,

That for small errors, they whole plays decry;

So that to see this fondness, and that spite,

You'd think that none but madmen judge or write,

Therefore our poet, as he thinks not fit

To impose u

            
            

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