in Fleet-street, 1667.
Ingenious dreamer! in whose well-told tale
Sweet fiction and sweet truth alike prevail;
Whose humorous vein, strong sense, and simple style,
May teach the gayest, make the gravest smile;
Witty and well-employed, and, like thy Lord,
Speaking in parables his slighted word:—
I name thee not, lest so despised a name
Should move a sneer at thy deserved fame.
Cowper
THE
Pilgrim's Progress