Le Lutrin—An Heroick Poem
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Le Lutrin—An Heroick Poem - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Le Lutrin—An Heroick Poem
Published by Good Press, 2022
EAN 4064066317065
Table of Contents
CANTO I
CANTO II
CANTO III
CANTO IV
CANTO I
Table of Contents
ARGUMENT
The Argument? what needs a Proëme
To vamp a Three-half-penny Poëme?
No, Reader, No; ‘twas never writt
For thy sake, but for little Chitt.
St. George oth’ back-side of the Horn-book,
The Dragon kills, to Humour Scorn-book.
And thus to wheddle in young Fops,
The gilded Sign hangs o’re the Shops:
Miss won’t come in to Buy, before
She spies the Knick-knack at the Dore.
Thus Queasie Madams meat forbear
Until they read, The Bill of Fare.
Instead a Frontispiece, or Babbie,
We plac’t to please some puiney Rabbie,
Who hates an Author that enlarges,
And cons the Index to save charges.
Discord, that Tearing, Hectoring Ranter,
Provokes a Dean and his Arch-chanter,
Who had liv’d friendly forty years,
To fall together by the ears;
A Rotten Pulpit plac’d i’th’ Quire
Furnished fewel to the Fire:
Three swashing Blades, blind Fates agree
Should do the work: but who they bee,
Pray ask the Canto, that can tell
Better than I: and so Farewell
Thus far the Porch, now view the House,
Here is the Mountain, there’s the Mouse.
Immortal feuds, and more than Civil Warrs,
And Fights thô fierce, disfigur’d with no Scarrs
I sing! And thee Great Prelate, who of late,
Maugre the Changer, and Reluctant Fate
Didst raise at length a Pulpit in the Quire,
Th’ immortal Trophee of thy Mortal Ire.
Twice the Pragmatick Chanter, thô in vain,
Pesum’d to discompose thy peaceful Reign;
Twice with Schismatick Pride did enterprise
To force the Chapter in Rebellion rise;
As oft the Dean him swoln with envious rage,
Hurl’d Headlong from high hopes; and by sage
Sexton assisted, terrify’d the People
Who durst dispute the Title to his Steeple.
Instruct me Muse, for thou canst tell, what Thirst
Of sweeet Revenge, thô Dire, engaged first
Religious Souls to break the Sacred Tye
Of blessed Peace and heaven-born Amitie,
To make old Friends new Rivals; can there rest
Such bitter Gall in a Religious Breast?
And thou Great Heroe, whose wise conduct stifled
The growing Schisme which else thy Church had rifled
With favour influence my Advent’rous Verse,
Nor dare to laugh, whilest I thay Acts rehearse.
In melting Pleasures of Fraternal Peace
An ancient Abbey long had dwelt at case,
Whose Scarlet Prebends blear’d poor Mortals eyes,
Whose Ermines, Winters Frost, and Snow defies;
Basking in fat, and Wealth, themselves they Bless
In sweet Repose of Sacred Idleness:
Thus Stretcht at length on downy Featherbeds,
To chaunt their Matines ne’re lift up their Heads,
But before Dinner wek’d; for they could smell
The Kitchin Steams, though Deaf to th’ Prayer-bell
When Eyes and Ears Nights leaden Key composes,
Kind Sleep yet open left