This poem alludes to Sir Formal Trifle and claims that its addressee was "ne'er in Epsom blankets tossed," while it also refers to Maximin from its author's play Tyrannic Love.
This poem alludes to Sir Formal Trifle and claims that its addressee was "ne'er in Epsom blankets tossed," while it also refers to Maximin from its author's play Tyrannic Love. It notes that Heywood and Shirley were mere precursors of that addressee, who is the "last prophet of Tautology" and resides by a Brothel-house in the ruins of Augusta's watch tower. It begins as the minor poet Richard, its namesake, declares this poem's target the heir to his kingdom because "Thy Tragic Muse gives smiles, thy Comic sleep," and because he is "mature in Dullness." Beginning "All human things are subject to decay," for 10 points, name this poetic attack on Thomas Shadwell by John Dryden.
This poem alludes to Sir Formal Trifle and claims that its addressee was "ne'er in Epsom blankets tossed," while it also refers to Maximin from its author's play Tyrannic Love.
“{MacFlecknoe}”