Quote#World
Such and so various are the tastes of men!
Quote byMark Akenside · 1721–1770
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744), Book III, line 567.
English (original)
Such and so various are the tastes of men!
— Mark Akenside
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Can art, alas! or genius guide the head Where truth and freedom from the heart are fled? Can lesser wheels repeat their native stroke, When the prime function of the soul is broke?
The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.
Youth calls for Pleasure, Pleasure calls for Love.
O'er yonder eastern hill the twilight pale Walks forth from darkness; and the God of day, With bright Astraea seated by his side, Waits yet to leave the ocean.
Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, And eagerly pursues imaginary joys.
Pall on her temper, like a twice-told tale.