1747 ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830: SPENSER AND THE TRADITION

William Lauder

W. K., "To Mr. Wm. Lauder, on his three Quotations from Dryden, Milton, Grotius" Gentleman's Magazine 17 (November 1747) 538.

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Is this thy maxim, Lauder? none can make
A sentence new, but must from others take?
This in thyself thou plainly prov'st untrue,
Your theme's your own, the spiteful cavil's new,
For none e'er harbour'd envy yet like you.