In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
- DMI number:
- 28237
- First Line:
- In times overgrown with rust and ignorance
- Last Line:
- And saved himself as cheap as ever he could
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Philosophic poetry, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Corruption, Religion, and Superstition
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Religio Laici. Calif. II (1972): 120-1
- Title:
- Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]
- Page No(s):
- pp.346-347
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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