Charles Churchill ( 10 of 47 )
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to read more
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools,
Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use,
Their knavery and folly to excuse.
Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use,
Their knavery and folly to excuse.
He's of stature somewhat low--
Your hero always should be tall, you know.
He's of stature somewhat low--
Your hero always should be tall, you know.
With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.
With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.
A joke's a very serious thing.
A joke's a very serious thing.
Man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.
Man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own.
Friends I have made, whom Envy must commend,
But not one foe whom I would wish a friend.
Friends I have made, whom Envy must commend,
But not one foe whom I would wish a friend.
Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
