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 - click here!Other Poems of Interest...CONTENT: A SONG by JANE (HUGHES) BRERETON CONTENTED MIND by JANE (HUGHES) BRERETON TO DAMON by JANE (HUGHES) BRERETON TO PHILOTINUS by JANE (HUGHES) BRERETON LOVE IN THE WINDS by RICHARD HOVEY AN EGYPTIAN PULLED GLASS BOTTLE IN THE SHAPE OF A FISH by MARIANNE MOORE FOR 'OUR LADY OF THE ROCKS' (BY LEONARDO DA VINCI) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SONNET: 110 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |
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