burden than is sufficient for his strength, but there is another beast that crouches under all'. A FROG.] Poet Squab endued with Poet Maro's spirit! an ugly, croaking kind of vermin, which would swell to the bulk of an Ox o. A COWARD.] A Clinias or a Damætas, or a man of Mr. Dryden's own courage 9. A KNAVE.] Mr. Dryden has heard of Paul, the Knave of Jesus Christ. And, if I mistake not, I have read somewhere of John Dryden, Servant to his Majesty'. A FOOL.] Had he not been such a self-conceited Fool 2.-Some great Poets are positive Blockheads 3. A THING.] So little a Thing as Mr. Dryden *. * An Ass.] It is my duty to pull off the Lion's skin from this Little Ass ". A FROG.] A squab, short Gentleman-a little creature, that, like the Frog in the Fable, swells, and is angry that it is not allowed to be as big as an Ox 6. A COWARD.] A lurking way-laying coward'. A KNAVE.] He is one whom God and Nature have marked for want of common honesty 8. A FOOL.] Great Fools will be christened by the names of great Poets, and Pope will be called Homer 9. A THING.] A little abject Thing 1. 5 Dennis, Rem. on Hom. Pref. 6 Dennis's Rem. on the Rape of the Lock, Pref. 9 Dennis, Rem. on Homer, p. 37. p. 9. 8 Ibid. INDEX OF PERSONS CELEBRATED IN THIS POEM. [The first NUMBER shows the Book, the second the VERSE.] ATTILA, iii. 92. Alaric, iii. 91. A. Alma Mater, iii. 338. Annius, an antiquary, iv. 347. B. Blackmore, Sir Richard, i. 104; ii. 259. 302. 370. Banks, i. 146. Broome, ibid. Bond, ii. 126. Brown, iii. 28. Budgel, Esq. ii. 397. Burmannus, iv. 237. Benson, William, iii. 325; iv. 110. Burgersdyck, iv. 198. Boyle, iii. 328. Bruin and Bears, i. 101. Barrow, Dr. iv. 245. VOL. III. D d |