Note 35 — F R A N K L I N (continued 2)
Reading edition
"In one of the later editions of the Dunciad occur the following lines:
'Silence, ye wolves! while Ralph to Cynthia howls, And makes night hideous—answer him, ye owls.'
To this the poet adds the following note:
'James Ralph, a name inserted after the first editions, not known till he writ a swearing-piece called Sawney, very abusive of Dr. Swift, Mr. Gay, and myself.'"