劳伦斯·尤斯登《The Origin Of The Knights Of The Bath》
Born: 1688 · Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England
Died: Sep 27, 1730 · Coningsby, United Kingdom
Education: St Peter's School, York
Previous office: Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (1718 - 1730)
He was made rector of Coningsby, Lincolnshire, where he died on the 27th of September 1730.
The Origin Of The Knights Of The Bath, extract
Hail glorious Off-spring of a glorious Race!
Britannia's other Hope, and blooming Grace!
Thou smil'st already on the burnish'd Shield,
And thy weak Hand the little Sword can wield:
Already, clad in Arms, Thou mov'st along,
The Love, and Wonder of each ravish'd Throng!
A-while vouchsafe, young Hero, to retire
'Mid Streams, and Grottos, and th'Aonian Choir:
Apollo, God of Fore-sight, who with Ease
Thy distant, ripen'd Years, as present, sees,
Bids all the Muses Thee receive with Pride,
To all the Muses by all Arts ally'd.
At 30, Laurence Eusden (1688-1730) was the youngest poet laureate appointed. His sycophantic poem on the forthcoming marriage of Lady Henrietta Godolphin and the Duke of Newcastle, soon to be Lord Chamberlain, secured attention. Rowe's death, combined with Joseph Addison's recommendation, secured the post. The Duke of Buckingham, Jonathan Swift, and Pope did not like him; the latter claiming in The Dunciad: 'Know, Eusden thirsts no more for sack or praise,/He sleeps among the dull of ancient days'. No matter how dull, Eusden churned out Birthday and New Year Odes for twelve years.
30岁的劳伦斯·尤斯登（Laurence Eusden，1688-1730）是被任命的最年轻的桂冠诗人。他那首关于亨利埃塔·戈多尔芬夫人和即将成为张伯伦勋爵的纽卡斯尔公爵即将结婚的谄媚诗引起了人们的注意。罗的死，再加上约瑟夫·艾迪生的推荐，保住了这个职位。白金汉公爵、乔纳森·斯威夫特和波普都不喜欢他；后者在《邓西亚特》中声称：“知道吗，尤斯登不再渴望得到解雇或赞美，/他睡在沉闷的古代日子里。”。不管多无聊，尤斯登连续十二年创作生日和新年颂歌。
The future poet laureate had an inauspicious beginning. In his first acting job in Thomas Betterton's company at the Theatre Royal, Colley Cibber (1671-1757) was fined 5s for a poor and clumsy performance. On being told that he had no salary, Betterton gave him 10s and promptly deducted five. His induction into the post was described thus: 'On Thursday (Dec 4) Coller Cibbey Esq., the famous comedian and comic author, was at court, and had the honour to kiss His Majesty's hand (on his being appointed Poet Laureat in the room of the Rev. Mr Laurence Eusden, deceased) and was graciously received.' (Appleton's Weekly Journal, 5 December 1730). Cibber was sixty at the time. His satire The Non-Juror (1718) ran for 16 nights and according to his own memoirs, he wrote: 'that part of the bread I now eat, was given to me, for having writ the Nonjuror.'
未来的桂冠诗人有一个不吉利的开始。科利·西伯（1671-1757）在托马斯·贝特顿的公司皇家剧院的第一份表演工作中，因表演拙劣而被罚款5秒。当被告知他没有薪水时，贝特顿给了他10美元，并迅速扣除了5美元。他的就职仪式是这样描述的：“星期四（12月4日），著名喜剧演员和喜剧作家科勒·西比·埃斯克（Coller Cibbey Esq）在法庭上，荣幸地亲吻了国王陛下的手（他被任命为牧师房间的桂冠诗人）。劳伦斯·尤斯登先生，已故）并受到了亲切的接待。当时Cibber已经60岁了。他的讽刺作品《非陪审员》（1718年）持续了16个晚上，根据他自己的回忆录，他写道：“我现在吃的那部分面包是给我的，因为我写了非陪审员。”
在他成功的“缺点和所有”回忆录《为科莉·西伯的生活道歉》（1740年）中，西伯承认了波普的攻击：“我的脸和名字是……知道的，（和）对或错，舔一下桂冠得主总是一个可靠的诱饵……抓住他的小读者。”波普的回答是在他1742年的新《邓西亚德》（Dunciad of 1742）中插入了对Cibber的新提及。Cibber克制的（著名的）回应就是展示的物品：Cibber先生（1742年）的一封信。与教皇自己的警句“我是国王陛下在基尤的狗”相呼应；请告诉我，先生，你是谁的狗西伯回答说：“那么，如果我是国王的傻瓜，那么现在，先生，你是谁的傻瓜？”和他之前的尤斯登一样，西伯创作了大约13年的颂歌，直到1757年12月11日去世。他被埋葬在南奥德利街的格罗夫纳教堂。
在他成功的“缺点和所有”回忆录《为科莉·西伯的生活道歉》（1740年）中，西伯承认了波普的攻击：“我的脸和名字是……知道的，（和）对或错，舔一下桂冠得主总是一个可靠的诱饵……抓住他的小读者。”波普的回答是在他1742年的新《邓西亚德》（Dunciad of 1742）中插入了对Cibber的新提及。Cibber克制的（著名的）回应就是展示的物品：Cibber先生（1742年）的一封信。与教皇自己的警句“我是国王陛下在基尤的狗”相呼应；请告诉我，先生，你是谁的狗西伯回答说：“那么，如果我是国王的傻瓜，那么现在，先生，你是谁的傻瓜？”和他之前的尤斯登一样，西伯创作了大约13年的颂歌，直到1757年12月11日去世。他被埋葬在南奥德利街的格罗夫纳教堂。
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