The hind and the panther. The Hind and the panther : Dryden, John, 1631 2022-10-15
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The "Hind and Panther" is a poem written by John Dryden in the late 17th century. The poem is a satirical allegory that uses the metaphor of a hind (a female deer) and a panther to represent the Church of England and the Church of Rome, respectively.
The hind represents the Church of England, which is depicted as a pure and innocent creature that is devoted to God. The panther, on the other hand, represents the Church of Rome, which is depicted as a deceitful and cunning creature that is more concerned with power and wealth than with spiritual purity.
Throughout the poem, the hind and the panther engage in a debate over the merits of their respective churches. The hind argues that the Church of England is true to the teachings of Jesus and is guided by the Holy Spirit, while the panther claims that the Church of Rome has the true authority and that the Church of England has strayed from the true path.
Despite the panther's attempts to deceive and mislead the hind, the hind remains steadfast in her faith and refuses to be swayed by the panther's arguments. In the end, the hind triumphs over the panther, demonstrating the superiority of the Church of England over the Church of Rome.
The "Hind and Panther" is a powerful allegory that uses the relationship between these two animals to explore the themes of faith, purity, and the corrupting influence of power and wealth. It is a timeless work that continues to speak to readers today, reminding us of the importance of staying true to our values and beliefs.
Collection Highlight: Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
What I desire the Reader should know concerning me, he will find in the Body of the Poem; if he have but the patience to peruse it. . What one can plead the rest can plead as well, For amongst equals lies no last appeal, r 470 And all confess themselves are fallible. He was essentially the creature of his environment, and his environment was essentially prosaic. No general characters of parties call 'em either Sects or Churches can be so fully and exactly drawn as to comprehend all the several members of 'em ; at least all such as are re- ceived under that denomination.
The Panther, sure the noblest, next the Hind, And fairest creature of the spotted kind; Oh, could her inborn stains be washed away, She were too good to be a beast of prey! Down then, thou rebell, never more to rise, And what thou didst and dost so dearly prize, That fame, that darling fame, make that thy sacrifice. Morris' English Accidence revised by Kellner and Bradley , 326. I have heard you quote Reynard the Fox. Nor consecrated grain their wheat he thought ; But left his hinds each in his private power, That those who like the bran might leave the flour. It is indeed an extraordinary stroke of luck that our volume also contains most of these satiric pamphlets. Faith is the best ensurer of thy bliss; The bank above must fail, before the venture miss. The form of the poem a dialogue between two v animals representing the opposed churches was elastic enough to permit him to touch with his matchless dexterity the current points in dispute between the conflicting parties, the stock subjp.
Collection Highlight: Dryden's The Hind and the Panther
Fame spreads the news, and foreign fowls appear In flocks to greet the new returning year, To bless the founder and partake the cheer. In expectation of such times as these, A chapel housed them, truly called of ease ; For Martin much devotion did not ask ; 540 They prayed sometimes, and that was all their task. Then for our interest, which is named alone To load with envy, we retort your own ; For, when traditions in your faces fly, 240 Resolving not to yield, you must decry. Complaints of Lovers help to ease their pain; It shows a Rest of kindness to complain, 85 A friendship loth to quit its former hold, And conscious merit may be justly bold. John Dryden; A Bibliography of Early Editions and the Drydeniana. Thus, the bear represents religious independents, the hare represents Quakers, the ape represents atheists, the boar represents Baptists, the fox represents Unitarians, and the wolf represents Presbyterians.
Well may they argue, nor can you deny, 275 If we must fix on church auctority, Best on the best, the fountain, not the flood, That must be better still, if this be good. Without respect, they brushed along the wood, Each in his clan, and, filled with loathsome food, Asked no permission to the neighbouring flood. THIS edition is intended for the use of the upper classes in schools and the junior students, especially of colonial, universities, where the poem is frequently prescribed for examination. Possess your soul with patience, and attend ; 835 A more auspicious planet may ascend ; Good fortune may present some happier time, With means to cancel my unwilling crime ; Unwilling, witness all ye Powers above! Before the sounding axe so falls the vine, Whose tender branches round the poplar twine. A milk-white Hind, immortal and unchanged, Fed on the lawns, and in the forest ranged; Without unspotted, innocent within, She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.
The Hind And The Panther, A Poem In Three Parts : Part I. by John Henry Dryden
In the conduct of the fable Dryden has been variously censured and defended, in each case not always with discrimination. Their fate was fruitful, and the sanguine seed, Endued with souls, increased the sacred breed. Shall she command who has herself rebelled? The Panther vainly alleges the need of defence against the encroachments of the Papacy b xvi THE HIND AND THE PANTHER. But what disgraced and disavowed the rest, Was Calvin's brand, that stigmatised the beast. Of these a slaughtered army lay in blood, Extended o'er the Caledonian wood, Their native walk; whose vocal blood arose, And cried for pardon on their perjured foes.
The Hind and the Panther was licensed on the llth of April, 1687, and was published a few days after by Jacob Tonson. Three of them by Dryden's favorite publisher Jacob Tonson Macdonald, 1939: 24a; 24d; 24e , and the other two were published in Dublin by James Watson and Andrew Crook respectively Macdonald, 1939: 24b; 24c. Full many a year his hateful head had been For tribute paid, nor since in Cambria seen; The last of all the litter scaped by chance, And from Geneva first infested France. Some, Vho to greater length extend the line, The Church's after acceptation join. John Dryden 1631-1700 The Hind and the Panther.
In order of appearance, they are as follows: Matthew Prior's The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd to the Story of the Country-Mouse and the City-Mouse. Isgrim is the name of the the wolf in Caxton's transla- tion of the History of Reynard the Fox, a reprint of which may be found in Arber's " English Scholar's Library. Led by those great examples, may not I The wanted organs of their words supply? After drinking at the watering-place with the other animals at the end of the First Part, they are described at the end of the Second Part as entering a cottage, sitting at a homely board, and quaffing a grace-cup to the health of the King. Phillips, The New World of Words 1720 , gives "To polt country- word , to beat, bang, or thrash. The last part of the poem is composed of two fables, told by the Hind and the Panther.
Disdain of Fathers which the daunce began, And last, uncertain whose the narrower span, The clown unread, and half-read gentleman. It never fails in charities like those. Nor need they fear the dampness of the sky Should flag their wings, and hinder them to fly ; Twas only water thrown on sails too dry. Or where did I at sure tradition strike, 170 Provided still it were Apostolick? A Poem on the Restoration of Charles the Second 1660 and in To his Sacred Majesty, A Panegyrick on His Coronation 1661 — he praised his late master in the pindaric ode Threnodia Augustalis 1685 as the king who brought the nation peace and reconciliation. For you may palm upon us new for old ; All, as they say, that glitters is not gold. Predictably, the buzzard becomes a tyrant, an oppressor of all the inhabitants of the farm.
With texts point-blank and plain he faced the foe : And did not Satin tempt our Saviour so? In order to render the poem suitable for the use of mixed classes, a few lines have been omitted here and there without injury to the context. His wild disordered walk, his haggard eyes, Did all the bestial citizens surprise. Part 2 DAME, said the Panther, times are mended well Since late among the Philistines you fell. O teach me to believe thee, thus concealed, And search no farther than thyself revealed; But her alone for my director take, Whom thou hast promised never to forsake! Who can believe what varies every day, 36 Nor ever was nor ever will be at a stay? For since thus wondrously He passed, 'tis plain 100 One single place two bodies did contain, And sure the same omnipotence as well v l Can make one body in more places dwell. . But like Egyptian Sorcerers you stand, And vainly lift aloft your Magick Wand To sweep away the Swarms of Vermin from the Land. The jolly Luther, reading him, began To interpret Scriptures by his Alcoran ; 370 To grub the thorns beneath our tender feet And make the paths of Paradise more sweet, Bethought him of a wife, ere half-way gone, For 'twas uneasy travailing alone ; And in this masquerade of mirth and love 375 Mistook the bliss of Heaven for Bacchanals above.
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