The Spawn of Ixion; Or, The 'Biter Bit.' An Allegory

A lengthy allegorical poem retells the myth of Ixion, whose betrayal of the gods produces monstrous offspring and earns eternal punishment; the poet leverages this myth to satirize a vulgar, slanderous versifier, depicting his work as demonic and nauseous enough to frighten animals and men and to rouse Neptune to report the disturbance to Jupiter, prompting divine efforts to correct the outrage. The piece alternates mythic narrative, moral denunciation, and coarse humor to condemn vice, literary pretension, and tasteless verse.