"What numbers censure, but how few judge right, / On subjects, which demand the soul's keen sight"
— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Williams [etc.]
Date
1775
Metaphor
"What numbers censure, but how few judge right, / On subjects, which demand the soul's keen sight"
Metaphor in Context
What numbers censure, but how few judge right,
On subjects, which demand the soul's keen sight;
Each puny witling, from stark folly vain,
Dares Johnson's talents, or a Swift's arraign,
Merit by malice, not with taste they scan,
And damn the art, because they hate the man.
On subjects, which demand the soul's keen sight;
Each puny witling, from stark folly vain,
Dares Johnson's talents, or a Swift's arraign,
Merit by malice, not with taste they scan,
And damn the art, because they hate the man.
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Provenance
Searching "soul" and "judge" in HDIS (poetry)
Date of Entry
08/31/2004
