He argued against the possibility of good literature being produced by temperate people in his poem "Wine."  After reading Alexander Pope's Windsor Forest, he wrote a similar work dedicated to Pope entitled Rural Sports.  This author of the mock-epic The Fan was the primary librettist for Handel's Acis and Galatea and wrote Trivia: Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London. In one of his plays, Mrs. Trapes delivers embarrassing news and Mrs. Coaxer's bribe proves futile, and the machinations of a man who fences stolen property and turns thie
He argued against the possibility of good literature being produced by temperate people in his poem "Wine."  After reading Alexander Pope's Windsor Forest, he wrote a similar work dedicated to Pope entitled Rural Sports.  This author of the mock-epic The Fan was the primary librettist for Handel's Acis and Galatea and wrote Trivia: Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London. In one of his plays, Mrs. Trapes delivers embarrassing news and Mrs. Coaxer's bribe proves futile, and the machinations of a man who fences stolen property and turns thieves in to the police fail to prevent either Lucy Lockit or Polly Peachum from pining for Macheath. For 10 points, name this author of The Beggar's Opera.
He argued against the possibility of good literature being produced by temperate people in his poem "Wine."  
John Gay