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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON BEAU NASH'S PICTURE AT BATH, by JANE (HUGHES) BRERETON First Line: The old egyptians hid their wit Last Line: But folly's at full length. Subject(s): Nash, Beau (1674-1761) | |||
BETWEEN THE BUSTS OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON AND MR. POPE The old Egyptians hid their wit In hieroglyphic dress, To give men pains to search for it, And please themselves with guess. Moderns, to tread the self-same path, And exercise our parts, Place figures in a room at Bath, -- Forgive them, God of Arts! Newton, if I can judge aright, All wisdom doth express; His knowledge gives mankind new light. And swells their happiness. Pope is the emblem of true wit, The sunshine of the mind; Read o'er his works for proof of it, You'll endless pleasure find. Nash represents man in the mass, Made up of wrong and right; Sometimes a knave, sometimes an ass, Now blunt, and now polite. The picture, placed the busts between, Adds to the thought much strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly's at full length. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTENTED MIND by JANE (HUGHES) BRERETON TO DAMON by JANE (HUGHES) BRERETON TO PHILOTINUS by JANE (HUGHES) BRERETON JAWEH AND ALLAH BATTLE by ALLEN GINSBERG WINTER GARDEN THEATRE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ON A CARRIER WHO DIED OF DRUNKENNESS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 10. THE DYING FALL by THOMAS CAMPION THE DARKLING THRUSH by THOMAS HARDY QUATRAIN: FAME by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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