Rambles in Book-Land; Short Essays On Literary Subjects
Rambles in Book-Land; Short Essays On Literary Subjects
William Davenport Adams
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lines ' On a Girdle ' find a judicious pendant in those by Carew 'Upon a Ribband. ' Suck- ling had no difficulty in dwelling poetically ' Upon the black Spots worn by my Lady, ' declaring : ' They're your mourning-weeds for hearts forlorn, Which, though you must not love, you could not scorn. ' The dress both of women and of men has secured its laureates — from Bramston, who asked, ' Without black velvet breeches, what is man?' to Leigh Hunt, who did not hesitate to make verses ' On a full-flow...ing Peruke. ' The poetry of games of all kinds is illustrated in Gay's 'Ballad on Quadrille;' while dancing was idealized and etherealized by the inge- nious author of ' Orchestra ; or, a Poem expressing the antiquity and excellence ' of that pastime. Even the unheroic topic of cooking has had its fascinations for the muse. William King, it is well known, devoted a whole poem to the 'Art' of it, inditing, for example, the following passage : Poetic Eccentrics. 1 1 7 'At Christmas-time, be careful of your fame.
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