...I am no slave ; So impudent, I own myself no knave; So odd, my country's ruin makes me grave. Yet, I am proud : I must be proud to see Men not afraid...the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and shamed by ridicule alone. O sacred weapon ! left for Truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, vice, and...

...government of the country ; and with honest delight could often exclaim, with Pope, — " I own I 'm proud — I must be proud, to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me." Among these satirists, Pope, of the age of Queen Anne, was by far the most independent, unflinching...

...something in satire which excites only the lowest and worst of our propensities That avowal in Pope — I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me ! -has ever filled me with terror and pity — MEDON. From its truth perhaps ? ALDA. From its arrogance,...

..., So impudent, I own myself no knave ; So odd, my country's ruin makes me grave. Yes, I am prcud : I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid...Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet t-uch'd and shamed by ridicule alone. O p».cred weapon ! left for Truth's defence, S >le dread of...

...her scarlet head, And sees pale virtue carted in her stead. Lo ! at the wheels of her triumphal ear, Old England's genius, rough with many a scar, Dragg'd...throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone. 0 sacred weapon ! left for truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, vice, and insolence ! To all but heav'n-directed...

...head, And sees pale virtue carted in her stead. Lo ! at the wheels of her triumphal car, Old England.s genius, rough with many a scar, Dragg.d in the dust...throne, . Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone. -Icb. O sacred weapon ! left for truth's defence, • p*" Sole dread of folly ftvice, and insolence...

...and TheDunciad's pillory would thereafter be the model for Pope's sense of his role as a poet.10 1 must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid...Throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by Ridicule alone. (Epilogue to the Satires, 11.208- 1 1 ) "The Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne": these stands are indeed...

...in the business, clearly reveled in his own high reputation as a verbal killer: Yes, I am proud; and must be proud, to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me. Such a boast set up its own natural rejoinder, and in a bit of put-down Ping-Pong, Lord Hervey, whom...

...sometimes a statement of resignation felt as victory, sometimes as heroic boast delivered as satiric wit: Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me. . . . And, in perhaps Pope's most dazzling moment, he links this triumphant claim for satire not only...

...Pope, were Communitarians so hypersensitive? In reply Pope told him how effective ridicule could be: Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid...Throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by Ridicule alone. But Jonathan Swift, who had joined their conversation, observed that, in fact, most people enjoyed...