Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion. Satire Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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My muse proceed and reach thy destin'd end	A
Though toils and danger the bold task attend	A
Heroes and gods make other poems fine	B
Plain satire calls for sense in every line	B
Then to what swarms thy faults I dare expose	C
All friends to vice and folly are thy foes	C
When such the foe a war eternal wage	D
'Tis most ill nature to repress thy rage	D
And if these strains some nobler muse excite	E
I'll glory in the verse I did not write	E
So weak are human kind by nature made	F
Or to such weakness by their vice betray'd	F
Almighty vanity to thee they owe	G
Their zest of pleasure and their balm of woe	G
Thou like the sun all colours dost contain	H
Varying like rays of light on drops of rain	H
For every soul finds reasons to be proud	I
Tho' hiss'd and hooted by the pointing crowd	I
Warm in pursuit of foxes and renown	J
Hippolitus demands the sylvan crown	J
But Florio's fame the product of a shower	K
Grows in his garden an illustrious flower	K
Why teems the earth Why melt the vernal skies	L
Why shines the sun To make Paul Diack rise	L
From morn to night has Florio gazing stood	M
And wonder'd how the gods could be so good	M
What shape what hue was ever nymph so fair	N
He dotes he dies he too is rooted there	N
O solid bliss which nothing can destroy	O
Except a cat bird snail or idle boy	O
In fame's full bloom lies Florio down at night	E
And wakes next day a most inglorious wight	E
The tulip's dead See thy fair sister's fate	P
O C and be kind ere 'tis too late	P
Nor are those enemies I mention'd all	Q
Beware O florist thy ambition's fall	Q
A friend of mine indulg'd this noble flame	R
A quaker serv'd him Adam was his name	R
To one lov'd tulip oft the master went	S
Hung o'er it and whole days in rapture spent	S
But came and miss'd it one ill fated hour	K
He rag'd he roar'd What demon cropt my flower	K
Serene quoth Adam Lo 'twas crusht by me	T
Fall'n is the Baal to which thou bow'dst thy knee	T
But all men want amusement and what crime	U
In such a paradise to fool their time	U
None but why proud of this to fame they soar	V
We grant they're idle if they'll ask no more	V
We smile at florists we despise their joy	O
And think their hearts enamour'd of a toy	O
But are those wiser whom we most admire	W
Survey with envy and pursue with fire	K
What's he who sighs for wealth or fame or power	K
Another Florio doting on a flower	K
A short liv'd flower and which has often sprung	X
From sordid arts as Florio's out of dung	X
With what O Codrus is thy fancy smit	Y
The flower of learning and the bloom of wit	Y
The gaudy shelves with crimson bindings glow	G
And Epictetus is a perfect beau	G
How fit for thee bound up in crimson too	Z
Gilt and like them devoted to the view	Z
Thy books are furniture Methinks 'tis hard	A2
That science should be purchas'd by the yard	A2
And Tonson turn'd upholsterer send home	B2
The gilded leather to fit up thy room	C2
If not to some peculiar end design'd	D2
Study's the specious trifling of the mind	D2
Or is at best a secondary aim	R
A chase for sport alone and not for game	R
If so sure they who the mere volume prize	L
But love the thicket where the quarry lies	L
On buying books Lorenzo long was bent	S
But found at length that it reduc'd his rent	S
His farms were flown when lo a sale comes on	E2
A choice collection what is to be done	F2
He sells his last for he the whole will buy	G2
Sells ev'n his house nay wants whereon to lie	G2
So high the gen'rous ardour of the man	H2
For Romans Greeks and Orientals ran	H2
When terms were drawn and brought him by the clerk	I2
Lorenzo sign'd the bargain with his mark	J2
Unlearned men of books assume the care	N
As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair	N
Not in his authors' liveries alone	K2
Is Codrus' erudite ambition shown	K2
Editions various at high prices bought	L2
Inform the world what Codrus would be thought	M2
And to his cost another must succeed	N2
To pay a sage who says that he can read	O2
Who titles knows and indexes has seen	P2
But leaves to Chesterfield what lies between	P2
Of pompous books who shuns the proud expense	Q2
And humbly is contented with their sense	Q2
O Stanhope whose accomplishments make good	M
The promise of a long illustrious blood	R2
In arts and manners eminently grac'd	S2
The strictest honour and the finest taste	S2
Accept this verse if satire can agree	T
With so consummate a humanity	T
By your example would Hilario mend	A
How would it grace the talents of my friend	A
Who with the charms of his own genius smit	Y
Conceives all virtues are compris'd in wit	Y
But time his fervent petulance may cool	T2
For though he is a wit he is no fool	T2
In time he'll learn to use not waste his sense	Q2
Nor make a frailty of an excellence	U2
He spares nor friend nor foe but calls to mind	D2
Like doomsday all the faults of all mankind	D2
What though wit tickles tickling is unsafe	V2
If still 'tis painful while it makes us laugh	W2
Who for the poor renown of being smart	X2
Would leave a sting within a brother's heart	X2
Parts may be prais'd good nature is ador'd	Y2
Then draw your wit as seldom as your sword	Y2
And never on the weak or you'll appear	Z2
As there no hero no great genius here	A3
As in smooth oil the razor best is whet	B3
So wit is by politeness sharpest set	B3
Their want of edge from their offence is seen	P2
Both pain us least when exquisitely keen	P2
The fame men give is for the joy they find	D2
Dull is the jester when the joke's unkind	D2
Since Marcus doubtless thinks himself a wit	Y
To pay my compliment what place so fit	Y
His most facetious letters came to hand	C3
Which my first satire sweetly reprimand	C3
If that a just offence to Marcus gave	D3
Say Marcus which art thou a fool or knave	D3
For all but such with caution I forbore	A3
That thou wast either I ne'er knew before	A3
I know thee now both what thou art and who	Z
No mask so good but Marcus must shine through	Z
False names are vain thy lines their author tell	E3
Thy best concealment had been writing well	E3
But thou a brave neglect of fame hast shown	K2
Of others' fame great genius and thy own	K2
Write on unheeded and this maxim know	G
The man who pardons disappoints his foe	G
In malice to proud wits some proudly lull	F3
Their peevish reason vain of being dull	F3
When some home joke has stung their solemn souls	G3
In vengeance they determine to be fools	H3
Through spleen that little nature gave make less	I3
Quite zealous in the way of heaviness	I3
To lumps inanimate a fondness take	J3
And disinherit sons that are awake	J3
These when their utmost venom they would spit	Y
Most barbarously tell you He's a wit	Y
Poor negroes thus to show their burning spite	E
To cacodemons say they're dev'lish white	E
Lampridius from the bottom of his breast	K3
Sighs o'er one child but triumphs in the rest	K3
How just his grief one carries in his head	O2
A less proportion of the father's lead	O2
And is in danger without special grace	I3
To rise above a justice of the peace	I3
The dunghill breed of men a diamond scorn	L3
And feel a passion for a grain of corn	L3
Some stupid plodding monkey loving wight	E
Who wins their hearts by knowing black from white	E
Who with much pains exerting all his sense	I3
Can range aright his shillings pounds and pence	I3
The booby father craves a booby son	F2
And by heaven's blessing thinks himself undone	F2
Wants of all kinds are made to fame a plea	T
One learns to lisp another not to see	T
Miss D tottering catches at your hand	C3
Was ever thing so pretty born to stand	C3
Whilst these what nature gave disown through pride	M3
Others affect what nature has denied	M3
What nature has denied fools will pursue	I3
As apes are ever walking upon two	I3
Crassus a grateful sage our awe and sport	N3
Supports grave forms for forms the sage support	N3
He hems and cries with an important air	A3
If yonder clouds withdraw it will be fair	A3
Then quotes the Stagyrite to prove it true	I3
And adds The learn'd delight in something new	I3
Is't not enough the blockhead scarce can read	O2
But must he wisely look and gravely plead	N2
As far a formalist from wisdom sits	I3
In judging eyes as libertines from wits	I3
These subtle wights so blind are mortal men	O3
Though satire couch them with her keenest pen	O3
For ever will hang out a solemn face	I3
To put off nonsense with a better grace	I3
As pedlers with some hero's head make bold	P3
Illustrious mark where pins are to be sold	P3
What's the bent brow or neck in thought reclin'd	D2
The body's wisdom to conceal the mind	D2
A man of sense can artifice disdain	H
As men of wealth may venture to go plain	H
And be this truth eternal ne'er forgot	L2
Solemnity's a cover for a sot	M2
I find the fool when I behold the screen	P2
For 'tis the wise man's interest to be seen	P2
Hence Chesterfield that openness of heart	X2
And just disdain for that poor mimic art	X2
Hence manly praise that manner nobly free	T
Which all admire and I commend in thee	T
With generous scorn how oft hast thou survey'd	F
Of court and town the noontide masquerade	F
Where swarms of knaves the vizor quite disgrace	I3
And hide secure behind a naked face	I3
Where nature's end of language is declin'd	D2
And men talk only to conceal the mind	D2
Where gen'rous hearts the greatest hazard run	F2
And he who trusts a brother is undone	F2
These all their care expend on outward show	G
For wealth and fame for fame alone the beau	G
Of late at White's was young Florello seen	P2
How blank his look how discompos'd his mien	P2
So hard it proves in grief sincere to feign	H
Sunk were his spirits for his coat was plain	H
Next day his breast regain'd its wonted peace	I3
His health was mended with a silver lace	I3
A curious artist long inur'd to toils	I3
Of gentler sort with combs and fragrant oils	I3
Whether by chance or by some god inspir'd	Q3
So touch'd his curls his mighty soul was fir'd	Q3
The well swoln ties an equal homage claim	R
And either shoulder has its share of fame	R
His sumptuous watch case tho' conceal'd it lies	I3
Like a good conscience solid joy supplies	I3
He only thinks himself so far from vain	H
Stanhope in wit in breeding Deloraine	H
Whene'er by seeming chance he throws his eye	G2
On mirrors that reflect his Tyrian dye	G2
With how sublime a transport leaps his heart	X2
But fate ordains that dearest friends must part	X2
In active measures brought from France he wheels	I3
And triumphs conscious of his learned heels	I3
So have I seen on some bright summer's day	R3
A calf of genius debonnair and gay	R3
Dance on the bank as if inspir'd by fame	R
Fond of the pretty fellow in the stream	S3
Morose is sunk with shame whene'er surpris'd	T3
In linen clean or peruke undisguis'd	T3
No sublunary chance his vestments fear	A3
Valu'd like leopards as their spots appear	A3
A fam'd surtout he wears which once was blue	I3
And his foot swims in a capacious shoe	I3
One day his wife for who can wives reclaim	R
Levell'd her barb'rous needle at his fame	R
But open force was vain by night she went	S
And while he slept surpris'd the darling rent	S
Where yawn'd the frieze is now become a doubt	U3
And glory at one entrance quite shut out	U3
He scorns Florello and Florello him	V3
This hates the filthy creature that the prim	V3
Thus in each other both these fools despise	I3
Their own dear selves with undiscerning eyes	I3
Their methods various but alike their aim	R
The sloven and the fopling are the same	R
Ye whigs and tories thus it fares with you	I3
When party rage too warmly you pursue	I3
Then both club nonsense and impetuous pride	M3
And folly joins whom sentiments divide	M3
You vent your spleen as monkeys when they pass	I3
Scratch at the mimic monkey in the glass	I3
While both are one and henceforth be it known	H
Fools of both sides shall stand for fools alone	H
But who art thou methinks Florello cries	I3
Of all thy species art thou only wise	I3
Since smallest things can give our sins a twitch	W3
As crossing straws retard a passing witch	W3
Florello thou my monitor shalt be	T
I'll conjure thus some profit out of thee	T
O thou myself abroad our counsels roam	B2
And like ill husbands take no care at home	B2
Thou too art wounded with the common dart	X2
And love of fame lies throbbing at thy heart	X2
And what wise means to gain it hast thou chose	I3
Know fame and fortune both are made of prose	I3
Is thy ambition sweating for a rhyme	U
Thou unambitious fool at this late time	U
While I a moment name a moment's past	X3
I'm nearer death in this verse than the last	X3
What then is to be done Be wise with speed	N2
A fool at forty is a fool indeed	N2
And what so foolish as the chance of fame	R
How vain the prize how impotent our aim	R
For what are men who grasp at praise sublime	U
But bubbles on the rapid stream of time	U
That rise and fall that swell and are no more	A3
Born and forgot ten thousand in an hour	A3

Edward Young

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