The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… But forc'd Conceit, which ever fails, And, stff Antithesis prevails; Uneasy rivalry destroys Society's unlabour'd joys: NATURE, of stilts and fetters tir'd, Impatient from the Wits retir'd; Long time the Exile houseless stray'd, Till SEVIGNE … How forms can other forms assume, Within her Pythagoric room; Or be, and stranger is th' event, The very things which nature meant; Nor strive, by art and affectation, To cross their genuine destination. Here sober Duchesses are seen, … read. Right pleasant were the task, I ween, To name the groupes which fill the scene; But Rhyme's of such fastidious nature, She proudly scorns all Nomenclature, Nor grace our Northern names her lips, Like HOMER's Catalogue of Ships. …
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