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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
bie intreaties of those next them , to permit them to have a distinction of a similar salute of them ; those , again , by others : so that , from the lowest coin-tiers , to her Majesty , there was a climax of kisses . Whether this was a chain of communication peculiar to the ctmrt of-Folly I could not say , having never been at any other . A person went up to her Majestyandafter the usual ceremony , was
, , accosted bv her . Fie was , I found , a Cabinet Minister , named Signer Opera . ' My dear , my faithful se-A'ant , what have } - ou to communicate ? You generally bring good tidings . Pleasing to me are those parts 01 our literature which arc dedicated to you . Almost every production which yon countenance is hostile to Queen Wisdom . I defy the most acute of her subjects to prove that they produce any
object to her mind . On the contrary , they lull asleep any of her subjects AVIIO ever attend to them . HOAV have I been gratified to * see the Wise-Landers , when contemplating my favourites of your ' ¦ protegees , either languid aud listless , or bewildering themselves in searching for meaning where there is no meaning ; while my own subjects , suspecting no meaning , thinking of no meaning , wishing for
no meaning , enjoyed themselves with sweet inanity—laughed Avithout wit , talked without sense , Avere in perfect unison with the performance . ' 'I am ahvays extremely proud of your Majesty ' s approbationee , ' recited the Prime Minister of Folly .. 'My opera i sempre devoted to the servicee of your sacred Majestee—Mia E ' cola Maritata . ' 'That' interrupted the Queen ' was one of the best that ever bore
, , your name . ' SheAv me if any subject of Queen Wisdom can produce any such thing as scolding in melody . But it AA'ould be doing you , mio caro Signor , gross injustice to particularize any of your works as devoted to riiy service , when-almost all are so loyal to me , that I cannot Avell prefer one to another . ' ' That word almostmy liege' said Opera ' conveys a censure
, , , which I acknoAvledge to be just ; but I trust I have rarely been the ' object of your displeasure ; your wonted goodness Avill pardon a few slips . I have engaged a modern poet , tvho , I think , is thoroughly qualified to sing the sweet strains of inanity . But before I suffer him to dedicate a Avork to me , I wish your Majesty ' s judgment of an ode which he has just composed in praise of Inanity , or ' Namby
Pamby . ' ' I love the subject , ' says the Queen , 'I hope the execution is equal . Let us hear it . ' After an overture , with many accompaniments , Mr . Lacksehse , the poet , sung ;
' O che dolce nam by pambv ! O che dolce pamby nam by '• Nambinaa pambinaa ! Nambinaaaaa pambinaaaa na ' mbinaaaaa , & c . O che dolce pamby iiamby' - - -O che dolce uarnby pamby ¦ ' ! ' ! '
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Wisdom And Folly: A Vision.
bie intreaties of those next them , to permit them to have a distinction of a similar salute of them ; those , again , by others : so that , from the lowest coin-tiers , to her Majesty , there was a climax of kisses . Whether this was a chain of communication peculiar to the ctmrt of-Folly I could not say , having never been at any other . A person went up to her Majestyandafter the usual ceremony , was
, , accosted bv her . Fie was , I found , a Cabinet Minister , named Signer Opera . ' My dear , my faithful se-A'ant , what have } - ou to communicate ? You generally bring good tidings . Pleasing to me are those parts 01 our literature which arc dedicated to you . Almost every production which yon countenance is hostile to Queen Wisdom . I defy the most acute of her subjects to prove that they produce any
object to her mind . On the contrary , they lull asleep any of her subjects AVIIO ever attend to them . HOAV have I been gratified to * see the Wise-Landers , when contemplating my favourites of your ' ¦ protegees , either languid aud listless , or bewildering themselves in searching for meaning where there is no meaning ; while my own subjects , suspecting no meaning , thinking of no meaning , wishing for
no meaning , enjoyed themselves with sweet inanity—laughed Avithout wit , talked without sense , Avere in perfect unison with the performance . ' 'I am ahvays extremely proud of your Majesty ' s approbationee , ' recited the Prime Minister of Folly .. 'My opera i sempre devoted to the servicee of your sacred Majestee—Mia E ' cola Maritata . ' 'That' interrupted the Queen ' was one of the best that ever bore
, , your name . ' SheAv me if any subject of Queen Wisdom can produce any such thing as scolding in melody . But it AA'ould be doing you , mio caro Signor , gross injustice to particularize any of your works as devoted to riiy service , when-almost all are so loyal to me , that I cannot Avell prefer one to another . ' ' That word almostmy liege' said Opera ' conveys a censure
, , , which I acknoAvledge to be just ; but I trust I have rarely been the ' object of your displeasure ; your wonted goodness Avill pardon a few slips . I have engaged a modern poet , tvho , I think , is thoroughly qualified to sing the sweet strains of inanity . But before I suffer him to dedicate a Avork to me , I wish your Majesty ' s judgment of an ode which he has just composed in praise of Inanity , or ' Namby
Pamby . ' ' I love the subject , ' says the Queen , 'I hope the execution is equal . Let us hear it . ' After an overture , with many accompaniments , Mr . Lacksehse , the poet , sung ;
' O che dolce nam by pambv ! O che dolce pamby nam by '• Nambinaa pambinaa ! Nambinaaaaa pambinaaaa na ' mbinaaaaa , & c . O che dolce pamby iiamby' - - -O che dolce uarnby pamby ¦ ' ! ' ! '