The poem ends with the image of a cloak being borne by the wind to a young prophet, who takes up his father's art.
The poem ends with the image of a cloak being borne by the wind to a young prophet, who takes up his father's art. Line 41 contains an allusion to two plays, Sullen Lovers and Epsom Wells, which were written by its subject. It begins by referring to the reign of Augustus and then later compares the feet of dancing master St. Andre to the subject's rhymes. It was inspired by the death of a certain Irish clergyman and poet, imagined as the "emperor of the realms of nonsense." For ten points, identify this poem satirizing Thomas Shadwell, a work by John Dryden.
The poem ends with the image of a cloak being borne by the wind to a young prophet, who takes up his father's art.
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