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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM ON THOMAS OTWAY, by JOHN WILMOT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: To form a plot
Last Line: Defaceth god's in every character.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Otway, Thomas (1652-1685); Poetry & Poets
First Line: To form a plot
Last Line: Defaceth god's in every character.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of
Subject(s): Otway, Thomas (1652-1685); Poetry & Poets
To form a plot,
The blustering bard whose rough, unruly rhyme
Gives Plutarch's Lives the lie in every line,
Who rapture before nature does prefer
(And now himself turned his own imager),
Defaceth God's in every character.
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