THE MACARONI CLUB Dr Young to the Maccaronies 1772 Dr. Young to the MACCARONIES.                         YE well array’d! ye Lilies of our land! Ye Lilies Male! who neither toil nor spin, (As Sister Lilies might) if not so wise As Solomon, more sumptuous to the sight! Ye delicate! who nothing can support, Yourselves most insupportable! for whom The winter rose must blow, the sun put on A brighter beam in Leo; silky-soft Favmius breathe still softer, or be chid; And other worlds send odours, sauce, and song; And robes, and notions, fram’d in foreign looms! Ye Maccaronies of our age! who deem One moment unamus’d, a misery Not made for feeble man! who call aloud For ev’ry bauble, drivel’d o’er by sense; For Rattles, and conceits of ev’ry cast, For change of follies, and relays of joy, To drag your patient through the tedious length Of a short winter’s day – say, Sages! say, Wit’s oracles! say, dreamers of gay dreams! How will you weather an eternal night, Where such expedients fail? SOURCE: The The Craftsman; or Say’s Weekly Journal, 31 October 1772. [The illustration is from a separate print.] NOTE: For the historical background to this satire, see The Macaroni Club. CITATION: If you cite this Web page, please use the following citation: Rictor Norton (ed.), "The Macaroni Club: Dr Young to the Maccaronies, 1772", Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England: A Sourcebook, 19 December 2004 <http://rictornorton.co.uk/eighteen/macaron6.htm>. Return to The Macaroni Club, or return to The First Public Debate about Homosexuality in England, or return to Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England