English Bards and Scotch Reviewers is an 1809 satirical poem written by Lord Byron published by James Cawthorn in London.
“I'll publish right or wrong:
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.”
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 5.
“With just enough of learning to misquote.”
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 66.
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 839.
“Oh, Amos Cottle! Phœbus! what a name!”
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 399.
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 826. A number of authors have addressed this common motif of an eagle shot with an eagle-feather arrow
“Perverts the Prophets and purloins the Psalms.”
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 326.
“A man must serve his time to every trade
Save censure — critics are ready-made.”
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 63.
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 75.
“Tis pleasure, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.”
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 51.
“Better to err with Pope, than shine with Pye.”
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 102.
