Jones, Henry (1721-1770)

Clifton: A Poem. In Two Cantos.

1767, 1778

"To human frames these structures seem akin, / With aspect fair, while reason rules within."

Here buildings boast a robe, tho' rich yet chaste,
The robe of judgment, and of ripen'd taste:
Convenience here is mix'd with manly grace,
Yet ornament but holds the second place.
To human frames these structures seem akin,
With aspect fair, while reason rules within.
These domes discretion decks and fancy cheers,
Palladio's stile in Patty's plans appears:
Himself a master with the first to stand,
For Clifton owes her beauties to his hand.

Architecture::Building

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4 entries in ESTC (1767, 1773, 1779)

Text from Clifton: A Poem. In Two Cantos. Including Bristol and all its Environs. By the late Henry Jones ... To Which is Added, An Ode to Shakespear, In Honor of the Jubilee. Written by the Same Author. 2nd ed. (London: Printed and Sold by T. Cocking, 1778).

See also Clifton: a Poem, in Two Cantos. Including Bristol and all its Environs. By Henry Jones (Bristol: Printed and Sold by E. Farley and Co.: sold also by the booksellers of Bristol and Bath, 1767). <Link to ECCO>

06/17/2004