"What stingy Avarice invades thy Mind?"
— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1710
Metaphor
"What stingy Avarice invades thy Mind?"
Metaphor in Context
Husband.
What stingy Avarice invades thy Mind?
Why must I be to one coarse Dish confin'd?
Prithee forbear thy parsimonious Ways,
Let me with Comfort spend my latter Days:
My Stomach's weak, I'm not content to eat
Lean powder'd Beef, but must have finer Meat:
I cannot fare like those unletter'd Brutes,
Born to hard Labour and unbutter'd Roots.
Let me enjoy what my Estate affords;
I'll not be starv'd to pile up useless Hoards
For my proud Daughters, and my thankless Son,
To lavish when my fleeting Sands are run.
Let me have well-spread Tables when I dine;
Grutch me no dainty Food, or costly Wine,
Since I have Wealth enough to bear the Charge
Of living more at Ease, and more at large.
What stingy Avarice invades thy Mind?
Why must I be to one coarse Dish confin'd?
Prithee forbear thy parsimonious Ways,
Let me with Comfort spend my latter Days:
My Stomach's weak, I'm not content to eat
Lean powder'd Beef, but must have finer Meat:
I cannot fare like those unletter'd Brutes,
Born to hard Labour and unbutter'd Roots.
Let me enjoy what my Estate affords;
I'll not be starv'd to pile up useless Hoards
For my proud Daughters, and my thankless Son,
To lavish when my fleeting Sands are run.
Let me have well-spread Tables when I dine;
Grutch me no dainty Food, or costly Wine,
Since I have Wealth enough to bear the Charge
Of living more at Ease, and more at large.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "invad" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1710, 1723, 1737, 1759).
Text from Edward Ward, Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, An Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage (London: Printed for T. Norris, A. Bettesworth, and F. Fayrham, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
See also Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, an Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage, 2 vols. (London: H. Meere, T. Norris, A Bettesworth, 1710). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Edward Ward, Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, An Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage (London: Printed for T. Norris, A. Bettesworth, and F. Fayrham, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
See also Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, an Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage, 2 vols. (London: H. Meere, T. Norris, A Bettesworth, 1710). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
05/04/2005
