"Try the blest Change, and quit your Gown / To share the Pleasures of the Poor; / There free from Pomp and Equipage, carouse, / Unlade your Mind of Business, and unbend your Brows."
— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date
1713, 1719
Metaphor
"Try the blest Change, and quit your Gown / To share the Pleasures of the Poor; / There free from Pomp and Equipage, carouse, / Unlade your Mind of Business, and unbend your Brows."
Metaphor in Context
Forsake a while your gawdy Seat,
And the Fatigue of being Great;
Fly the Amusements of the smoaky Town,
Where Noise, and Wealth, and Trade, consume each Hour;
Try the blest Change, and quit your Gown
To share the Pleasures of the Poor;
There free from Pomp and Equipage, carouse,
Unlade your Mind of Business, and unbend your Brows.
And the Fatigue of being Great;
Fly the Amusements of the smoaky Town,
Where Noise, and Wealth, and Trade, consume each Hour;
Try the blest Change, and quit your Gown
To share the Pleasures of the Poor;
There free from Pomp and Equipage, carouse,
Unlade your Mind of Business, and unbend your Brows.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "unbend" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1713, 1719, 1737).
Text from The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace in English Verse. To Which Is Prefix'd the Life of Horace: Written by Suetonius. Translated from Dr. Bentley’s Latin Edition, by Mr. William Oldisworth. 2nd ed. (London: Printed for B. Lintot, between the Temple Gates in Fleet-Street, 1719). <Link to ESTC>
Found also in The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace, in Latin and English; With a Translation of Dr. Ben-Ley's Notes. To Which Are Added Notes Upon Notes. In 24 Parts Complete. By Several Hands. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott at the Cross-Keys, between the two Temple-Gates in Fleetstreet, 1713). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace in English Verse. To Which Is Prefix'd the Life of Horace: Written by Suetonius. Translated from Dr. Bentley’s Latin Edition, by Mr. William Oldisworth. 2nd ed. (London: Printed for B. Lintot, between the Temple Gates in Fleet-Street, 1719). <Link to ESTC>
Found also in The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace, in Latin and English; With a Translation of Dr. Ben-Ley's Notes. To Which Are Added Notes Upon Notes. In 24 Parts Complete. By Several Hands. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott at the Cross-Keys, between the two Temple-Gates in Fleetstreet, 1713). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
05/09/2011
