Christopher Smart

“ And with his gun, from wood to wood
The man of prey his course pursu'd;
The dew and herbage all around,
Like pearls and emeralds on the ground;
15Th'uncultur'd flowers that rudely rise,
Where smiling freedom art defies ”

“ Is all the manhood thou canst boast.—
Pretty, in nature's various plan,
To see a weed that's like a man;
55But 'tis a grievous thing indeed.
To see a man so like a weed."
1755 Notes First published in The Gentleman's Magazine (Apr. 1755) . Reprinted 1791.
↑ Trelooby: the character from a farce Squire Treloby by Vanbrugh, Congreve and others. ↑ 19.Affected (Text 1755) ; Afflicted (Text 1791) instead is regarded as a mistake. ”