“Chaucer was a class traitor
Shakespeare hated the mob
Donne sold out a bit later
Sidney was a nob.”

— Terry Eagleton

Source: 1980s, Against The Grain (1986), Ch. 14, The Ballad of English Literature

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Shakespeare hated the mob
Donne sold out a bit later
Sidney was a nob.”