"But let us for the Gods a Gift prepare, / Which the Great Man's Great Chargers cannot bear / Soul, where Laws both Humane and Divine, / In Practice more than Speculation shine: / A genuine Virtue, of a vigorous kind, / Pure in the last recesses of the Mind."
— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1693
Metaphor
"But let us for the Gods a Gift prepare, / Which the Great Man's Great Chargers cannot bear / Soul, where Laws both Humane and Divine, / In Practice more than Speculation shine: / A genuine Virtue, of a vigorous kind, / Pure in the last recesses of the Mind."
Metaphor in Context
As Maids to Venus offer Baby-Toys,
To bless the Marriage-Bed with Girls and Boys.
But let us for the Gods a Gift prepare,
Which the Great Man's Great Chargers cannot bear
Soul, where Laws both Humane and Divine,
In Practice more than Speculation shine:
A genuine Virtue, of a vigorous kind,
Pure in the last recesses of the Mind:
When with such Off'rings to the Gods I come;
A Cake, thus giv'n, is worth a Hecatomb.
(p. 26, ll. 126-135)
To bless the Marriage-Bed with Girls and Boys.
But let us for the Gods a Gift prepare,
Which the Great Man's Great Chargers cannot bear
Soul, where Laws both Humane and Divine,
In Practice more than Speculation shine:
A genuine Virtue, of a vigorous kind,
Pure in the last recesses of the Mind:
When with such Off'rings to the Gods I come;
A Cake, thus giv'n, is worth a Hecatomb.
(p. 26, ll. 126-135)
Categories
Provenance
Browsing in EEBO
Citation
From The Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English By Mr. Dryden. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1693). See The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse By Mr. Dryden and Several other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1693). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
07/11/2013
