History of the Plague in London
by Daniel Defoe
Genre: Fiction
Published: 2005
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In 1701 Defoe published his "True-born Englishman," a satire upon the English people for their stupid opposition to the continental policy of the King. This is the only metrical composition of prolific Daniel that has any pretensions to be called a poem. It contains some lines not unworthy to rank with those of Dryden at his second-best. For instance, the opening:— "Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And \'twill be found upon examination The latter has the largest congregation.Pages of History of the Plague in London :