Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES TO LORD BATHURST, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A wood? Quoth lewis; and with that Last Line: An honest man, because not hang'd. Subject(s): Bathurst, Allen, 1st Earl (1684-1775); Lewis, Erasmus (1670-1754); Statesmen | ||||||||
A wood? quoth Lewis; and with that, He laughd, and shook his Sides so fat: His tongue (with Eye that markd his cunning) Thus fell a reas'ning, not a running. Woods are (not to be too prolix) Collective Bodies of strait Sticks. It is, my Lord, a meer Conundrum To call things Woods, for what grows und'r 'em. For Shrubs, when nothing else at top is, Can only constitute a Coppice. But if you will not take my word, See Anno quart. of Edward, third. And that they're Coppice calld, when dock'd, Witness Ann. prim. of Henry Oct. If this a Wood you will maintain Meerly because it is no Plain; Holland (for all that I can see) Might e'en as well be termed the Sea; And C-- by be fair harangu'd An honest Man, because not hang'd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STATESMAN'S HOLIDAY by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TO ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON WAKE, MASSACHUSETTS by MARION PERHAM GALE THE SEVEN STARS: A CONSTELLATION OF SCOTTISH POETS: CAMPBELL by JANET HAMILTON THE STATESMAN'S SECRET by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES ON A YOUNG STATESMAN; IN MEMORIAM: THOMAS ELLIS by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) ON AN OLD STATESMAN by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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