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Nothing exceeds in ridicule no doubt

DMI number:
38346
Poem Aliases
Young. Satire 4. To Sir Spencer Compton.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Nothing exceeds in ridicule no doubt
Last Line:
He cannot bear a rival in the wrong
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
Advice / moral precepts
Related People
Author:
Edward Young
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Satire 4. Chalmers (1810) XIII: 389-391.
Content/Publication
Title:
The art of poetry on a new plan [vol I] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.39
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
from the satires of Dr. Young
Attributed To:
Edward Young