The Incubus

EAN : 9791041987153

GODLEY ALFRED D

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EAN : 9791041987153

Paru le : 29 févr. 2024

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Résumé : Essence of boredom! stupefying Theme! Whereon with eloquence less deep than full, Still maundering on in slow continuous stream, All can expatiate, and all be dull: Bane of the mind and topic of debate That drugs the reader to a restless doze, Thou that with soul-annihilating weight Crushest the Bard, and hypnotisest those Who plod the placid path of plain pedestrian Prose: Lo! when each morn I carefully peruse (Seeking some subject for my painful pen) The Times, the Standard, and the Daily News, No other topic floats into my ken Save this alone: or Dr. Clifford slates Dogmas in general: or the dreadful ban Of furious Bishops excommunicates Such simple creeds as Birrell, hopeful man! Thinks may perhaps appease th' unwilling Anglican. Lo! at Society's convivial board (Whereat I do occasionally sit, In hope to bear within my memory stored Some echo thence of someone else's wit), Or e'er the soup hath yielded to the fish, A heavy dulness doth the banquet freeze: Lucullus' self would shun th' untasted dish When lovely woman whispers, "Tell me, please, What are Denominational Facilities?"
Biographie : Alfred Denis Godley était un érudit classique anglo-irlandais et auteur de poèmes humoristiques. Godley est né à Ashfield, dans le comté de Cavan, du révérend James Godley et de sa femme Eliza La Touche. James était recteur de l'Église d'Irlande à Ashfield de 1849 à 1861, puis recteur de Lavey.