How dull and how insensible a beast
- DMI number:
- 3663
- First Line:
- How dull and how insensible a beast
- Last Line:
- Learn to write well or not to write at all
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lampoon, Topical satire, Satire, and Couplet
- Themes:
- High society / the court, Poetry / literature / writing, and Politics
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Thought to be the satire that provoked Dryden's drubbing in Rose Alley. POAS I (1963): 396-413: George deF. Lord states that Dryden 'composed (or helped [Sheffield] to compose) the draft' of the poem. Not in Calif. Hammond V (2005): 684: attributed to Sheffield.
- Author:
- John Sheffield
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- George deF. Lord attributes poem to Sheffield and Dryden as co-authors in POAS I (1963): 396-413. Chalmers (1810) X: 91.
- Title:
- A new collection of poems relating to state affairs [N5917]
- Page No(s):
- pp.133-140
- Poem Title:
- An Essay upon Satyr.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Mulgrave.
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol I] [T108847]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-186
- Poem Title:
- An Essay upon Satyr.
- Attribution:
- By J. Dry--en
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [N12193 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-186
- Poem Title:
- An Essay upon Satyr
- Attribution:
- By J. Dryden, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144919]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-186
- Poem Title:
- An Essay upon Satyr.
- Attribution:
- By J. Dry--en
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state [vol. I] [T144920 part 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-186
- Poem Title:
- An Essay upon Satyr
- Attribution:
- By J. Dryden, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of State: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26563]
- Page No(s):
- Poem Title:
- An Essay upon Satyr
- Attribution:
- By J. Dr--en, Esquire.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Poems on affairs of state: from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James the second. [ESTC R26892]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 189-97
- Poem Title:
- An Essay upon Satyr
- Attribution:
- By J. Dr--en, Esquire.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The fourth (and last) collection of poems, satyrs, songs, &c. [ESTC R24041]
- Page No(s):
- pp.26-34
- Poem Title:
- An Essay upon Satyr
- Attribution:
- By J. Dr------en, Esquire.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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