Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MACER: A CHARACTER, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When simple macer, now of high renown Last Line: To bawd for others, and go shares with punk. Subject(s): Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749) | ||||||||
When simple Macer, now of high Renown, First sought a Poet's Fortune in the Town: 'Twas all th' Ambition his great Soul could feel, To wear red Stockings, and to dine with St -- Some Ends of Verse his Betters might afford, And gave the harmless Fellow a good Word. Set up with these, he ventur'd on the Town, And in a borrow'd Play, out-did poor Cr--n. There he stopt short, nor since has writ a tittle, But has the Wit to make the most of little: Like stunted hide-bound Trees, that just have got Sufficient Sap, at once to bear and rot. Now he begs Verse, and what he gets commends, Not of the Wits his Foes, but Fools his Friends. So some coarse Country Wench, almost decay'd, Trudges to Town, and first turns Chambermaid; Aukward and supple, each Devoir to pay, She flatters her good Lady twice a Day; Thought wond'rous honest, tho' of mean Degree, And strangely lik'd for her Simplicity: In a translated Suit, then tries the Town, With borrow'd Pins, and Patches not her own; But just endur'd the Winter she began, And in four Months, a batter'd Harridan. Now nothing's left, but wither'd, pale, and shrunk, To bawd for others, and go Shares with Punk. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES IN CONCLUSION OF A SATIRE by ALEXANDER POPE THE THREE GENTLE SHEPHERDS by ALEXANDER POPE "ON A YOUNG LADY'S FAVOURITE CAT, SELS." by ANONYMOUS ON WINTER (IN IMITATION OF AN EPISTLE BY AMBROSE PHILIPS) by MARY LEAPOR SHOE-HEEL; A RHAPSODY, SELS. by JOSEPH+(1) MITCHELL ODE TO DAPHNIS A PUPPY, PLAYING WITH MIRTILLA IN BED, SELS. by JOHN STACIE CHRISTMAS BOX FOR NAMBY PAMBY, SELS. by JONATHAN SWIFT COPY OF VERSES UPON TWO CELEBRATED MODERN POETS by JONATHAN SWIFT A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE A HYMN WRITTEN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ALEXANDER POPE |
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