"I'd hangings weave, in fancy's loom / For Lady Norton's dressing room."
— Mason, William (1725-1797)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
J. Almon
Date
1777
Metaphor
"I'd hangings weave, in fancy's loom / For Lady Norton's dressing room."
Metaphor in Context
Muse! were we rich in land, or stocks,
We'd send Sir Fletcher a gold box;
Who lately, to the world's surprize,
Advis'd his Sovereign to be wise.
The zeal of cits shou'd ne'er surpass us,
We'd make him speaker of Parnassus.
Or could I boast the mimic eye
Of Townshend, or of Bunbury,
Whose art can catch, in comic guise,
"The manners living as they rise,"
And find it the same easy thing
To hit a Jollux or a king;
I'd hangings weave, in fancy's loom,
For Lady Norton's dressing room.
We'd send Sir Fletcher a gold box;
Who lately, to the world's surprize,
Advis'd his Sovereign to be wise.
The zeal of cits shou'd ne'er surpass us,
We'd make him speaker of Parnassus.
Or could I boast the mimic eye
Of Townshend, or of Bunbury,
Whose art can catch, in comic guise,
"The manners living as they rise,"
And find it the same easy thing
To hit a Jollux or a king;
I'd hangings weave, in fancy's loom,
For Lady Norton's dressing room.
Categories
Provenance
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Citation
William Mason, An Epistle to Dr. Shebbeare: to Which is Added an Ode to Sir Fletcher Norton in Imitation of Horace, Ode VIII, Book IV, 3rd ed. (London: J. Almon, 1777). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
01/09/2012
