He had sung against all battles, and again
In their high praise and glory; he had call'd
Reviewing "the ungentle craft" and then
Became as base a critic as e'r crawl'd —
Fed, paid, and pamper'd by the very men
By whom his muse and morals had been maul'd.
He had written much blank verse, and blanker prose,
And more of both than anybody knows.
—Lord Byron, English poet, The Vision of Judgment (discussing Robert Southey)