"With them all sober Reason's Stuff; /But they are now grown Satyr-proof, / And all their Mind's impregnable like warlike Buff."
— Ames, Richard (bap. 1664?, d. 1692)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for D. Kean
Date
1692
Metaphor
"With them all sober Reason's Stuff; /But they are now grown Satyr-proof, / And all their Mind's impregnable like warlike Buff."
Metaphor in Context
Blest Regulators of a blessed Cause,
When French Dragoons shall give to England Laws;
What sort of Creatures are there in the Nation,
Who wish and pray for such a Reformation?
In that Enquiry goe not yet too far,
For in this Town a numerous Croud there are,
Wretches impatient of their Liberty;
Who, tho' they all might live at ease,
Are utter Enemies to Peace,
And long for Wooden Shoes and Slavery;
To utter Ruine would their Country bring,
To Re-instate an Idol-King;
And when with Flames they see the Nation burn,
Not drop a Tear, or Sigh and mourn;
But Nero-like, tune up their Harps and sing:
With them all sober Reason's Stuff;
But they are now grown Satyr-proof,
And all their Mind's impregnable like warlike Buff.
(pp. 27-8, ll. 421-438)
When French Dragoons shall give to England Laws;
What sort of Creatures are there in the Nation,
Who wish and pray for such a Reformation?
In that Enquiry goe not yet too far,
For in this Town a numerous Croud there are,
Wretches impatient of their Liberty;
Who, tho' they all might live at ease,
Are utter Enemies to Peace,
And long for Wooden Shoes and Slavery;
To utter Ruine would their Country bring,
To Re-instate an Idol-King;
And when with Flames they see the Nation burn,
Not drop a Tear, or Sigh and mourn;
But Nero-like, tune up their Harps and sing:
With them all sober Reason's Stuff;
But they are now grown Satyr-proof,
And all their Mind's impregnable like warlike Buff.
(pp. 27-8, ll. 421-438)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in C-H Lion
Citation
Two entries in ESTC, both 1692 printings (Dunton and Kean).
See Richard Ames, The Double Descent. A Poem. (London: Printed for John Dunton, 1692.) <Link to EEBO>
See Richard Ames, The Double Descent. A Poem. (London: Printed for John Dunton, 1692.) <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
07/24/2013
