"The thinking States-man, when the News he hears, / How e're his Thought may be employ'd, In projects for his Countries good, / Now lays aside the weight of publick cares, / And with a Mind unbent, prepares / To share the common Joy, since now / In Mirth to Revel, Stoicks would allow, / The Plodding Man of Business too, Smooths up the wrinckles of his Brow, / Puts on a chearful look, and seems to say, / His Mind shall now keep Holy-day."
— Ames, Richard (bap. 1664?, d. 1692)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Taylor
Date
1692
Metaphor
"The thinking States-man, when the News he hears, / How e're his Thought may be employ'd, In projects for his Countries good, / Now lays aside the weight of publick cares, / And with a Mind unbent, prepares / To share the common Joy, since now / In Mirth to Revel, Stoicks would allow, / The Plodding Man of Business too, Smooths up the wrinckles of his Brow, / Puts on a chearful look, and seems to say, / His Mind shall now keep Holy-day."
Metaphor in Context
XXVI.
The thinking States-man, when the News he hears,
How e're his Thought may be employ'd,
In projects for his Countries good,
Now lays aside the weight of publick cares,
And with a Mind unbent, prepares
To share the common Joy, since now
In Mirth to Revel, Stoicks would allow,
The Plodding Man of Business too,
Smooths up the wrinckles of his Brow,
Puts on a chearful look, and seems to say,
His Mind shall now keep Holy-day;
The Rustick leaves his weary Plough,
And on a Lovely Verdant Green,
Are Tytirus and Phillis seen,
Dancing with other Nymphs and Swains,
Forgetting all their Amorous pains,
They trip it o're the Lawns, & frisk upon the Plains.
All Men from high to low degree,
Are fill'd with Mirth and Jollity,
And Albion enjoys an Universal Jubilee.
(ll. 435-454)
The thinking States-man, when the News he hears,
How e're his Thought may be employ'd,
In projects for his Countries good,
Now lays aside the weight of publick cares,
And with a Mind unbent, prepares
To share the common Joy, since now
In Mirth to Revel, Stoicks would allow,
The Plodding Man of Business too,
Smooths up the wrinckles of his Brow,
Puts on a chearful look, and seems to say,
His Mind shall now keep Holy-day;
The Rustick leaves his weary Plough,
And on a Lovely Verdant Green,
Are Tytirus and Phillis seen,
Dancing with other Nymphs and Swains,
Forgetting all their Amorous pains,
They trip it o're the Lawns, & frisk upon the Plains.
All Men from high to low degree,
Are fill'd with Mirth and Jollity,
And Albion enjoys an Universal Jubilee.
(ll. 435-454)
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Provenance
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Citation
Two entries in ESTC.
Britannia Victrix: or, The Triumphs of the Royal Navy, In the Late Victorious Ingagement with the French Fleet: May, 1692. A Pindarick Poem (Printed for R. Taylor, 1692). <Link to EEBO>
Britannia Victrix: or, The Triumphs of the Royal Navy, In the Late Victorious Ingagement with the French Fleet: May, 1692. A Pindarick Poem (Printed for R. Taylor, 1692). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
07/24/2013
