"But 'tis not Gomez, 'tis not he whose heart / Is crusted o'er with dross, whose callous mind / Is senseless as his gold."
— Shenstone, William (1714-1763)
Place of Publication
London
Date
1764, 1773
Metaphor
"But 'tis not Gomez, 'tis not he whose heart / Is crusted o'er with dross, whose callous mind / Is senseless as his gold."
Metaphor in Context
But 'tis not Gomez, 'tis not he whose heart
Is crusted o'er with dross, whose callous mind
Is senseless as his gold, the slighted muse
Intensely loaths. 'Tis sure no equal task
To pardon him, who lavishes his wealth
On racer, fox-hound, hawk or spaniel, all
But human merit; who with gold essays
All, but the noblest pleasure, to remove
The wants of genius, and its smiles enjoy.
(Cf. I, p. 288 in 1764 ed.)
Is crusted o'er with dross, whose callous mind
Is senseless as his gold, the slighted muse
Intensely loaths. 'Tis sure no equal task
To pardon him, who lavishes his wealth
On racer, fox-hound, hawk or spaniel, all
But human merit; who with gold essays
All, but the noblest pleasure, to remove
The wants of genius, and its smiles enjoy.
(Cf. I, p. 288 in 1764 ed.)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry): found again "mind" and "dross"
Citation
Searching, Over 20 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1764, 1765, 1768, 1769, 1771, 1773, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1795, 1797).
Text from The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; in Two Volumes. With Decorations. 4th ed. (London: Printed by H. S. Woodfall, for J. Dodsley, 1773).
Text from The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; in Two Volumes. With Decorations. 4th ed. (London: Printed by H. S. Woodfall, for J. Dodsley, 1773).
Date of Entry
05/27/2005
