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Updated: May 28, 2025
"And let the pope and priests their victor scorn, Each fault reveal, each imperfection scan, And by their fell anatomy of hate His life dissect with satire's keenest edge; Yet still may Luther, with his mighty heart, Defy their malice. Far beyond them soars the soul They slander.
It is a retaliation on Satire's part for the intimate knowledge she had allowed us to gain of Horace and Persius through their works. In manner Juvenal is the most original of poets; in matter he is the glorifier of common-place. His strength lies in his prejudices.
To "sit in the seat of the scorner" has often proved a dangerous position, as the writers of satires and lampoons have found to their cost, although their sharp weapons have often done good service in checking the onward progress of Vice and Folly. All authors have not shown the poet's wisdom who declared: "Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet."
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