The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
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Chapter 79 PROLOGUE TO C SAR BORGIA; [54]

BY NATHAN LEE, 1680.

The unhappy man, who once has trail'd a pen,

Lives not to please himself, but other men;

Is always drudging, wastes his life and blood,

Yet only eats and drinks what you think good.

What praise soe'er the poetry deserve,

Yet every fool can bid the poet starve.

That fumbling lecher to revenge is bent,

Bec

            
            

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