The Venusiad And Other Poems
The Venusiad And Other Poems
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By rule of three I'll prove thou art a fool — And by deduction, simple or compound, Prove thee infatuate and out of wits, Or set thee sums of subtle reasoning, In wisdom, thou could'st never bottom touch, Tho' thou hadst fins of Oagon at thy back— Thou hast pretensions, aye, wouldst have all think, That thou hast drunk of Mimir's well and found The seal of Solomon. Say fool, canst thou Tell me the inverse ratio of that, Which seems, yet seems but half of what it seems ? Pluck up the oozy bottom... of the deep, And count the muddy birthdays of the sea? Or sum the strataed ages of the Earth? Or, gage the gilded volume of the moon, Correctly, as it were a merchandise, Or weigh the planets? Delve into the soil, And ravish from its bosom mysteries That e'en the tongue of Azrael could not keep, Were he pent up in Etna — mysteries Hid 'neath the stoney structure of Earth's ribs — Unearth the secrets of old Time and turn The tide of ages back upon itself, Tracing in Glacial rocks a history, More ancient than the flood — eventful more, Than the career of Attila the Hun : With which the age of Caesar would but seem No more than yesterday — or with a clay Dug from cretaceous bottoms, prove how false And fabulous thy purile Pentateuch : Fit only for the ears of babes and such As thrust their fingers i' their mouths and suck The wind into the hollow of their cheeks; Or list to foolish tales of fancy told, 43 Behind the ingle of a Winter's eve?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
By rule of three I'll prove thou art a fool — And by deduction, simple or compound, Prove thee infatuate and out of wits, Or set thee sums of subtle reasoning, In wisdom, thou could'st never bottom touch, Tho' thou hadst fins of Oagon at thy back— Thou hast pretensions, aye, wouldst have all think, That thou hast drunk of Mimir's well and found The seal of Solomon. Say fool, canst thou Tell me the inverse ratio of that, Which seems, yet seems but half of what it seems ? Pluck up the oozy bottom... of the deep, And count the muddy birthdays of the sea? Or sum the strataed ages of the Earth? Or, gage the gilded volume of the moon, Correctly, as it were a merchandise, Or weigh the planets? Delve into the soil, And ravish from its bosom mysteries That e'en the tongue of Azrael could not keep, Were he pent up in Etna — mysteries Hid 'neath the stoney structure of Earth's ribs — Unearth the secrets of old Time and turn The tide of ages back upon itself, Tracing in Glacial rocks a history, More ancient than the flood — eventful more, Than the career of Attila the Hun : With which the age of Caesar would but seem No more than yesterday — or with a clay Dug from cretaceous bottoms, prove how false And fabulous thy purile Pentateuch : Fit only for the ears of babes and such As thrust their fingers i' their mouths and suck The wind into the hollow of their cheeks; Or list to foolish tales of fancy told, 43 Behind the ingle of a Winter's eve?
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Douglas Carswell to read onlineMoreLess
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