Absalom and Achitophel.
"Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;
Not that themselves are wise, but others weak."
Essay on Man.
The next "brogue-inspired rhyme" is starve it and deserve it. Here, as in the former instance, the last syllables rhyme correctly, and the objection is confined to starve and deserve. Let us see what Dryden says to this:
"Wrong conscience, or no conscience, may deserve
To thrive, but ours alone is privileged to starve."
Hind and Panther.
And Pope:
"But still the great have kindness in reserve: