"Infuse a little Wit into the Scull, / Which never fails to make a mighty Fool; / Two Drams of Faith; a Tun of Doubting next; / Let all be with the Dregs of Reason mixt: / When, in his Mind, these jarring Seeds are sown, / He'll censure all Things, but approve of none."
— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1736
Metaphor
"Infuse a little Wit into the Scull, / Which never fails to make a mighty Fool; / Two Drams of Faith; a Tun of Doubting next; / Let all be with the Dregs of Reason mixt: / When, in his Mind, these jarring Seeds are sown, / He'll censure all Things, but approve of none."
Metaphor in Context
WOULD you, my Friend, a finish'd Sceptic make,
To form his Nature, these Materials take;
A little Learning, twenty Grains of Sense,
Join'd with a double Share of Ignorance;
Infuse a little Wit into the Scull,
Which never fails to make a mighty Fool;
Two Drams of Faith; a Tun of Doubting next;
Let all be with the Dregs of Reason mixt:
When, in his Mind, these jarring Seeds are sown,
He'll censure all Things, but approve of none.
(p. 157)
To form his Nature, these Materials take;
A little Learning, twenty Grains of Sense,
Join'd with a double Share of Ignorance;
Infuse a little Wit into the Scull,
Which never fails to make a mighty Fool;
Two Drams of Faith; a Tun of Doubting next;
Let all be with the Dregs of Reason mixt:
When, in his Mind, these jarring Seeds are sown,
He'll censure all Things, but approve of none.
(p. 157)
Categories
Provenance
Reading 1738 edition in Google Books
Citation
Poems on Several Occasions. By Stephen Duck. (London: Printed for the Author, 1736). <Link to ECCO>
See also Duck's Poems on Several Occasions (London: Printed for John Osborn, Samuel Birt, and James Hodges, 1738). <Link to Google Books>
Nine entries in ESTC (1730, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1753, 1764).
See also Duck's Poems on Several Occasions (London: Printed for John Osborn, Samuel Birt, and James Hodges, 1738). <Link to Google Books>
Nine entries in ESTC (1730, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1753, 1764).
Date of Entry
01/04/2011
