Lives of the Poets of Great Britain And Ireland 1753 Vol V Cibber 8 0
Lives of the Poets of Great Britain And Ireland 1753 Vol V Cibber 8 0
Cibber Theophilus
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Thomson) of that admirable poet, as well as themeasure in which he wrote, are, as it were, appropriated by custom toall allegorical poems written in our language; just as in French, thestile of Marot, who lived under Francis the 1st, has been used in Talesand familiar Epistles, by the politest writers of the age of Louis theXIVth. ' We shall not at present enquire how far Mr. Thomson is justifiable inusing the obsolete words of Spenser: As Sir Roger de Coverley observedon another occasion, much... may be said on both sides. One thing iscertain, Mr. Thomson's imitation is excellent, and he must have nopoetry in his imagination, who can read the picturesque descriptions inhis Castle of Indolence, without emotion. In his LXXXIst Stanza he hasthe following picture of beauty: Here languid beauty kept her pale-fac'd court, Bevies of dainty dames, of high degree, From every quarter hither made resort; Where, from gross mortal care, and bus'ness free, They lay, pour'd out in ease and luxury: Or should they a vain shew of work assume, Alas!
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