Madrigal And Trulletta A Mock-Tragedy |
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 | Madrigal And Trulletta |  |
SCENE III.
Trulletta, Sculliona.Trul.
Then go, inhuman bard! begone for ever—
I vainly hop'd Trulletta's eyes had power
To check th' impetuous sallies of his rage—
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Ebbing prodigiously the sea withdraw,
And quite defenceless left the scaly race.
The huge scate, which e'er while with wanton pride
Spread his broad fins, and lash'd the foaming tide,
Vainly essay'd to suck the faithless flood
With heaving gills, and tumbled in the mud.
The lobsters, whose great trunks the stars could reach
Flounc'd their huge claws, and panted on the beach.
So have my hopes, whose waves e'er while ran o'er,
And to the skies my towering wishes bore,
Retir'd, and left me gasping on the shore.
This simile, which, for its beauty, propriety, elegance, (and I may justly add, conciseness) for it only consists of twelve lines, may be called the master-piece of simile. Allowing the alterations of seate for dolphin, and lobster for whale; it is almost verbatim as in the sublime original, which may be found in the close of the third act of Abra-Mule, a tragedy written by a Levitical play-wright.—My punning friend, on reading this simile, replied, “So, I see you understand TRAP .”
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