Read full poem →The History of Insipids : A Lampoon, 1676.
Dictionary Entry
A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
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Common Phrases
. lampoonagainst lampoonupon lampoonlampoon nationallampoon harvard
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Poetry examples for “lampoon”
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Read full poem →Another of his most vigorous pieces is his lampoon on sir Car Scroop,
who, in a poem called the Praise of Satire, had some lines like
Read full poem →Don Carlos, from which he is represented as having received so much
benefit, was played in 1675. It appears, by the lampoon, to have had
great success, and is said to have been played thirty nights together.
Read full poem →Where no sour critics snarl, no sneers molest,
Safe from the tart lampoon, and stinging jest;
There begs of Heaven a less distinguish'd lot--