"Your Present's most gentile and kind, / Baith rich and shining as your Mind"
— Ramsay, Allan (1684-1758)
Author
Date
1728?
Metaphor
"Your Present's most gentile and kind, / Baith rich and shining as your Mind"
Metaphor in Context
Thanks to my frank ingenious Friend;
Your Present's most gentile and kind,
Baith rich and shining as your Mind;
And that immortal laurell'd Pow,
Upon the Gem sae well design'd
And execute, sets me on Low.
The heavenly Fire inflames my Breast,
Whilst I unweary'd am in quest
Of Fame, and hope that Ages niest
Will do their Highland Bard the Grace,
Upon their Seals to cut his Crest,
And blythest Strakes of his short Face.
Far less great Homer ever thought
(When he, harmonious Beggar! sought
His bread throu' Greece) he should be brought,
Frae Russia's Shore by Captain[1] Hugh,
To Pictland Plains, sae finely wrought
On precious Stone, and set by you.
Your Present's most gentile and kind,
Baith rich and shining as your Mind;
And that immortal laurell'd Pow,
Upon the Gem sae well design'd
And execute, sets me on Low.
The heavenly Fire inflames my Breast,
Whilst I unweary'd am in quest
Of Fame, and hope that Ages niest
Will do their Highland Bard the Grace,
Upon their Seals to cut his Crest,
And blythest Strakes of his short Face.
Far less great Homer ever thought
(When he, harmonious Beggar! sought
His bread throu' Greece) he should be brought,
Frae Russia's Shore by Captain[1] Hugh,
To Pictland Plains, sae finely wrought
On precious Stone, and set by you.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "rule" and "reason" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Ramsay, Allan. The Works of Allan Ramsay Eds. Burns Martin etc. 6 vols. (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1944-1973).
Date of Entry
06/22/2004
