"From thence the Taylor and the Parson join'd, / To cloath his naked Body and his Mind; / The Taylor only form'd the outward Sign, / To shew what sort of Creature liv'd within; / The Priest amaz'd him in his Mystick School, / Turn'd his Head round, and made him Knave and Fool."
— Anonymous
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1704
Metaphor
"From thence the Taylor and the Parson join'd, / To cloath his naked Body and his Mind; / The Taylor only form'd the outward Sign, / To shew what sort of Creature liv'd within; / The Priest amaz'd him in his Mystick School, / Turn'd his Head round, and made him Knave and Fool."
Metaphor in Context
Thus Nature govern'd when the World began,
The Laws of Nature were the Laws of Man:
But long these Rules did not his Fancy suit,
The Blockhead must be wiser than the Brute;
Art must new-mould what Nature better taught,
Or polish o'er what (he too coursely wrought:
From thence the Taylor and the Parson join'd,
To cloath his naked Body and his Mind;
The Taylor only form'd the outward Sign,
To shew what sort of Creature liv'd within;
The Priest amaz'd him in his Mystick School,
Turn'd his Head round, and made him Knave and Fool.
He taught some Virtues, but in strange Disguise,
Drest up in Pomp, in Rites and Sacrifice,
The good and bad confus'd, and Truth was brew'd with Lies.
Between them both they make us what we are,
Of Beau and Bigot a promiscuous Share.
(pp. 506-7)
The Laws of Nature were the Laws of Man:
But long these Rules did not his Fancy suit,
The Blockhead must be wiser than the Brute;
Art must new-mould what Nature better taught,
Or polish o'er what (he too coursely wrought:
From thence the Taylor and the Parson join'd,
To cloath his naked Body and his Mind;
The Taylor only form'd the outward Sign,
To shew what sort of Creature liv'd within;
The Priest amaz'd him in his Mystick School,
Turn'd his Head round, and made him Knave and Fool.
He taught some Virtues, but in strange Disguise,
Drest up in Pomp, in Rites and Sacrifice,
The good and bad confus'd, and Truth was brew'd with Lies.
Between them both they make us what we are,
Of Beau and Bigot a promiscuous Share.
(pp. 506-7)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in Google Book editions of Tonson's Miscellanies
Citation
Poetical Miscellanies: The Fifth Part. Containing a Collection of Original Poems, With Several New Translations. By the most Eminent Hands. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1704). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/12/2013
