"Altho' your brains are Lead, / These Quills, my Lads, will get you Bread"
— Lloyd, Evan (1734-1776)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1766
Metaphor
"Altho' your brains are Lead, / These Quills, my Lads, will get you Bread"
Metaphor in Context
[...]
Then hemm'd--and call'd, with Voice profound,
His blockhead Family around.
The Dunces now conven'd; he said,
"Your Fortunes, now, my Boys, are made;"---
Then from beneath his Cassock drew
The sable Feathers forth to View;
Then thus---"Altho' your brains are Lead,
"These Quills, my Lads, will get you Bread;
"Scripture's your Point---build on that Base,
"And eat the Bread of Paraphrase--
[...]
(p. 33)
Then hemm'd--and call'd, with Voice profound,
His blockhead Family around.
The Dunces now conven'd; he said,
"Your Fortunes, now, my Boys, are made;"---
Then from beneath his Cassock drew
The sable Feathers forth to View;
Then thus---"Altho' your brains are Lead,
"These Quills, my Lads, will get you Bread;
"Scripture's your Point---build on that Base,
"And eat the Bread of Paraphrase--
[...]
(p. 33)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Christina Lupton's Knowing Books (Philadelphia: Penn Press, 2012), 107.
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1766, 1768).
See The Powers of the Pen. A Poem. Addressed to John Curre, Esqr. (London: Printed for the author. Sold by Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal-Exchange, Cornhill, 1766). &t;Link to ESTC>
See The Powers of the Pen. A Poem. Addressed to John Curre, Esqr. (London: Printed for the author. Sold by Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal-Exchange, Cornhill, 1766). &t;Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/13/2014
