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Marston came to be more distinguished for his Satires than for his plays, his Scourge of Villainie being his chief title to fame. Of his Pigmalion all that can be said is, that it is not quite so bad as Marlowe's Elegies. Warton justly says, with pompous euphemism: "His stream of poetry, if sometimes bright and unpolluted, almost always betrays a muddy bottom."
In his sixth satire of 'The Scourge of Villanie, Marston explains why he had composed his 'Pigmalion's Image: Yet deem'st that in sad seriousnesse I write such nasty stuff as in Pigmalion? Such maggot-tainted, lewd corruption! ... Hence, thou misjudging censor: know I wrot Those idle rimes to note the odious spot and blemish that deformes the lineaments of modern poesies habiliments.
'Egle Pigmalion' and 'le Sylphe' were successively given: nothing could bear the comparison.
'Egle Pigmalion' and 'le Sylphe' were successively given: nothing could bear the comparison.
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