An Epigram Addressed To The Gentlemen Reflected On In The Rosciad, A Poem, By The Author

Oliver Goldsmith 1730 (Ballymahon) – 1774 (Brick Court, London)



Worried with debts and past all hopes of bail,
His pen he prostitutes t' avoid a gaol.
ROSCOM.
  
  
Let not the 'hungry' Bavius' angry stroke
Awake resentment, or your rage provoke;
But pitying his distress, let virtue shine,
And giving each your bounty, 'let him dine';
For thus retain'd, as learned counsel can,
Each case, however bad, he'll new japan;
And by a quick transition, plainly show
'Twas no defect of yours, but 'pocket low',
That caused his 'putrid kennel' to o'erflow.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 31, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAX BBCCDDEEA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 473
Words 84
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 9

Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, his pastoral poem The Deserted Village, and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man and She Stoops to Conquer. He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes. more…

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