...and even this he was ready himself to overrule. Had Oldham lived longer, Dryden wrote, advancing age 'might (what Nature never gives the young) Have taught...native tongue ; But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.' To us there is much besides defects of form...

...arrive. Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, Whilst his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing...native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. A noble error, and but seldom made, When poets...

...reserves one excellence as unattainable, short of mellow maturity : " What could advancing age have given more ? It might (what Nature never gives the young)...numbers of thy native tongue ; But satire needs not these, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged Everybody desires to live long, but...

...elegiac quickly turns pontifical and patronising, as Dryden suggests that the young poet couldn't scan: What could advancing Age have added more? It might )what Nature never gives the youngj Have taught the numhers of thy native Tongue. But Satyr needs not those, and Wit will shine...

...if at all, only after years of practical experience. The gifted John Oldham never lived to reach it. What could advancing Age have added more? It might...gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native Tongue.-'5 In the preface to the Acneid, Dryden reports having for sometime been gathering materials...

...distance: Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, While his young Friend perform'd and won the Race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing Age have added more?5 In the race between the older Nisus and the young Euryalus at the funeral of Anchises (Aenid...

...arrive. Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, While his young friend performed and won the race.* 10 O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing...native tongue; But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line: A noble error, and but seldom made, When poets...

...arrive. Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place,0 While his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe — to thy abundant store What could...gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue.0 But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line:...

...arrive. Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, Whilst his young friend performed and won the race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing...native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. A noble error, and but seldom made, When poets...