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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF BEAU MARSH; BETWEEN BUSTS NEWTON AND POPE, by PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE Poet's Biography First Line: Immortal newton never spoke Last Line: "but folly at full length." Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterfield, 4th Earl Of Variant Title(s): On Mr. Nash's Present Of His Own Picture Subject(s): Fools; Statues; Idiots | |||
"IMMORTAL Newton never spoke More truth than here you'll find; Nor Pope himself e'er penn'd a joke More cruel on mankind. "The picture placed the busts between, Gives satire all its strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen -- But Folly at full length." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VILLAGE IDIOT by EDWARD HIRSCH TWO SONGS OF A FOOL: 1 by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TWO SONGS OF A FOOL: 2 by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS CRAZY JANE TALKS WITH THE BISHOP by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE FOOL'S ADVENTURE by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE THE CASE OF ALBERT IRVING WILLIAMSON by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS ADVICE TO A LADY [IN AUTUMN] by PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE |
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