Mac Flecknoe |
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human things are subject to decay,
And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire, and had governed long; Karmy dla psów In prose and verse was found without dispute, Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This aged prince, now flourished in peace, And blessed with issue of a large increase, To settle the succession of the state; And, pondering which of all his sons was fit To reign, and wage immortal war with wit, Cried,--"'Tis resolved! for nature pleads, that he Should only rule, who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Proppet Shoes PhatFarm Shoes Stride Rite Shoes Convers Shoes Mature in dulness from his tender years; Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he, Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense; Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day. Caparro Shoes ChildShoes Osirisshoes BoyShoes Besides, his goodly fabric fills the eye, And seems designed for thoughtless majesty; Thoughtless as monarch oaks, that shade the plain, And, spread in solemn state, supinely reign. Heywood and Shirley were but types of thee, Thou last great prophet of tautology! Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare the way; And, coarsely clad in Norwich drugget, came To teach the nation in thy greater name." |