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Poem
June 10, 1788
The New York Journal, And Daily Patriotic Register
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
Philosophical exhortation urging the young, favored by heaven in springtime, to avoid the perils of glory and embrace wisdom and nature's pleasures instead, as glory is fleeting and illusory like a dream's shadow, signed Democritus.
Clipping
OCR Quality
95%
Excellent
Full Text
GLORY, a Scrap.
YE favored of Heaven—while the wanton spring pours upon you all her blooming honors, let not Glory seduce you, with her delusive blaze, to pass in perils and dangers the delicious season, this prime of life! Wisdom points out to you the road to pleasure: Nature beckons to you to follow her in that smooth and flowery path! Will you shut your ears to their commanding voice, will you harden your hearts to their soft allurements?—Oh! deluded mortals! Thus to lose your youth, thus to throw away so invaluable a blessing!—Contemplate well your recompence! Consider that Glory which so allures your proud hearts, and seduces you with your own praises—It is an echo—a dream—nay the shadow of a dream, which is dissipated by every wind, and lost by every contrary breath of the ignorant and ill-judging multitude—You fear not, that even death itself will ravish it from you: But behold, while you are yet alive, calumny bereaves you of it, ignorance neglects it. nature enjoys it not, fancy alone, renouncing every pleasure, receives this airy recompence, empty and unstable.
DEMOCRITUS.
YE favored of Heaven—while the wanton spring pours upon you all her blooming honors, let not Glory seduce you, with her delusive blaze, to pass in perils and dangers the delicious season, this prime of life! Wisdom points out to you the road to pleasure: Nature beckons to you to follow her in that smooth and flowery path! Will you shut your ears to their commanding voice, will you harden your hearts to their soft allurements?—Oh! deluded mortals! Thus to lose your youth, thus to throw away so invaluable a blessing!—Contemplate well your recompence! Consider that Glory which so allures your proud hearts, and seduces you with your own praises—It is an echo—a dream—nay the shadow of a dream, which is dissipated by every wind, and lost by every contrary breath of the ignorant and ill-judging multitude—You fear not, that even death itself will ravish it from you: But behold, while you are yet alive, calumny bereaves you of it, ignorance neglects it. nature enjoys it not, fancy alone, renouncing every pleasure, receives this airy recompence, empty and unstable.
DEMOCRITUS.
What sub-type of article is it?
Epigram
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Nature Seasons
What keywords are associated?
Glory Delusion
Wisdom Nature
Youth Pleasures
Moral Warning
Democritus
What entities or persons were involved?
Democritus.
Poem Details
Title
Glory, A Scrap.
Author
Democritus.
Key Lines
It Is An Echo—A Dream—Nay The Shadow Of A Dream, Which Is Dissipated By Every Wind, And Lost By Every Contrary Breath Of The Ignorant And Ill Judging Multitude—
Wisdom Points Out To You The Road To Pleasure: Nature Beckons To You To Follow Her In That Smooth And Flowery Path!