""And tho' all Joys have left me far behind, / I'll chew the Cudd of Pleasure in my Mind, / And so at least in Thought I will be Young again."
— Ames, Richard (bap. 1664?, d. 1692)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Taylor
Date
1693
Metaphor
""And tho' all Joys have left me far behind, / I'll chew the Cudd of Pleasure in my Mind, / And so at least in Thought I will be Young again."
Metaphor in Context
And shall my Friend, when I my self prepare,
To Feast upon his dainty Fare,
Unkindly then command me not to eat?
It is determin'd, while my Youth holds out,
And Time is in the present Tense,
I most industriously will try,
In Pleasures great Variety,
To taste the Marrow , and the Quintessence,
Which can be found in all the Joys of Sense.
But when in Age, the Palsie, Stone, or Gout
Shall wrack my Limbs, (which Heaven forbid) I then
Perhaps may rail at Pleasure, like these Men;
And tho' all Joys have left me far behind,
I'll chew the Cudd of Pleasure in my Mind,
And so at least in Thought I will be Young again.
(p. 3, ll. 33-47)
To Feast upon his dainty Fare,
Unkindly then command me not to eat?
It is determin'd, while my Youth holds out,
And Time is in the present Tense,
I most industriously will try,
In Pleasures great Variety,
To taste the Marrow , and the Quintessence,
Which can be found in all the Joys of Sense.
But when in Age, the Palsie, Stone, or Gout
Shall wrack my Limbs, (which Heaven forbid) I then
Perhaps may rail at Pleasure, like these Men;
And tho' all Joys have left me far behind,
I'll chew the Cudd of Pleasure in my Mind,
And so at least in Thought I will be Young again.
(p. 3, ll. 33-47)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in C-H Lion
Citation
Only one entry in ESTC.
See Richard Ames, The Rake: or, The Libertine's Religion. A Poem. (London: Printed for R. Taylor, 1693). <Link to EEBO>
See Richard Ames, The Rake: or, The Libertine's Religion. A Poem. (London: Printed for R. Taylor, 1693). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
07/24/2013
