"Talk what you will of Taste, my Friend, you'll find, / Two of a Face, as soon as of a Mind."
— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Dodsley
Date
1737
Metaphor
"Talk what you will of Taste, my Friend, you'll find, / Two of a Face, as soon as of a Mind."
Metaphor in Context
Talk what you will of Taste, my Friend, you'll find,
Two of a Face, as soon as of a Mind.
Why, of two Brothers, rich and restless one
Ploughs, burns, manures, and toils from Sun to Sun;
The other slights, for Women, Sports, and Wines,
All Townshend 's Turnips, and all Grovenor 's Mines:
Why one like Bu--- with Pay and Scorn content,
Bows and votes on, in Court and Parliament;
One, driv'n by strong Benevolence of Soul,
Shall fly, like Oglethorp , from Pole to Pole:
Is known alone to that Directing Pow'r,
Who forms the Genius in the natal Hour;
That God of Nature, who, within us still,
Inclines our Action, not constrains our Will;
Various of Temper, as of Face or Frame,
Each Individual: His great End the same.
(ll. 268-83)
Two of a Face, as soon as of a Mind.
Why, of two Brothers, rich and restless one
Ploughs, burns, manures, and toils from Sun to Sun;
The other slights, for Women, Sports, and Wines,
All Townshend 's Turnips, and all Grovenor 's Mines:
Why one like Bu--- with Pay and Scorn content,
Bows and votes on, in Court and Parliament;
One, driv'n by strong Benevolence of Soul,
Shall fly, like Oglethorp , from Pole to Pole:
Is known alone to that Directing Pow'r,
Who forms the Genius in the natal Hour;
That God of Nature, who, within us still,
Inclines our Action, not constrains our Will;
Various of Temper, as of Face or Frame,
Each Individual: His great End the same.
(ll. 268-83)
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At least 39 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1735, 1737, 1738, 1740, 1743, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1756, 1757, 1760, 1762, 1764, 1766, 1769, 1770, 1773, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1789, 1790, 1795). [Printed in The Works of the English Poets.]
See The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated by Mr. Pope. (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head, in Pall-Mall, 1737). <Link to ECCO> <Link to LION>
See The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated by Mr. Pope. (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head, in Pall-Mall, 1737). <Link to ECCO> <Link to LION>
Date of Entry
10/28/2003
