"The Castle of Indolence" (1748) is a poem by James Thomson, written in the Spenserian stanza. It tells two parallel stories: one about a castle that leads pilgrims to idleness, and another about its destruction by a knight representing industry.
James Thomson's 1748 poem, 'The Castle of Indolence,' is written in the Spenserian stanza. The first canto describes a wizard luring pilgrims into a castle of idleness, while the second details the castle's destruction by the knight of arts and industry. Thomson includes himself and friends in the first canto.
| Front | the Castle of Indolence |
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| Back | poem Spenserian stanza James Thomson 1748 the first canto tells of wizard, indolence, and the castle into which he lures world-weary pilgrims there they surrender to idleness in an atmosphere of delicious ease, until they degenerate and are thrown into the dungeons. the second tells of the knight of arts and industry and his destruction of the castle. Thomson introduces himself (a bard here dwelt, more fat than bard beseems) and several of his friends into the action of the first canto. |
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