"Still is there Room for Friends not less in Mind; / But the learn'd Elbow hates to be confin'd."
— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Dodsley [etc.]
Date
1738
Metaphor
"Still is there Room for Friends not less in Mind; / But the learn'd Elbow hates to be confin'd."
Metaphor in Context
Still is there Room for Friends not less in Mind;
But the learn'd Elbow hates to be confin'd.
Yet, if your Choice a larger Circle claims,
Return in Time their Numbers and their Names!
Bring whom You will; no Stranger need They fear;
Nor can a Friend of Yours be Stranger, Here!
Then quit, each Private and each Public Call;
What Suitors or what Clients crowd your Hall;
From out the Postern Gate the Concourse shun;
And fly a Fee, as Others fly a Dun.
But the learn'd Elbow hates to be confin'd.
Yet, if your Choice a larger Circle claims,
Return in Time their Numbers and their Names!
Bring whom You will; no Stranger need They fear;
Nor can a Friend of Yours be Stranger, Here!
Then quit, each Private and each Public Call;
What Suitors or what Clients crowd your Hall;
From out the Postern Gate the Concourse shun;
And fly a Fee, as Others fly a Dun.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
08/29/2005
