id,comments,provenance,dictionary,created_at,reviewed_on,work_id,theme,context,updated_at,metaphor,text
15043,"",HDIS,"",2004-08-07 00:00:00 UTC,,5620,"","",2009-09-14 19:42:37 UTC,"The gay juice may ""unlock the secret soul""","But let no slavish pomp your feasts restrain,
Beneath your gilded roofs let freedom reign,
Push round the glass, command th' enliv'ning bowl,
Let the gay juice unlock the secret soul;
Chase vain distinction; from your frizled hair
Pluck the Tiara chance has planted there,
Forget thyself,--to aid the mystic plan,
Lay royalty aside and play the man;
Or if 'twould more enhance the general joy,
Let manhood rest awhile and,--play the boy!
'Twill well reward thy pains, for great's power
Of Bacchus gay intoxicated hour,
To tell the secret thoughts, and to impart
The hidden purpose of the cunning heart.
But would you know the passions that infest
With dead'ning influence the human breast,
Chase the gay scene, the ready dice command,
Let the box rattle in each eager hand.
Mix with the noisy tribe and mark by turns
How swelling hope within each bosom burns;
How, in a moment, forc'd by pale despair,
It quits the harrass'd throne it sought to share;
How, in the heart, by jarring tempests tost,
Truth, honour, reason, virtue all are lost.[1]
--Let not the frenzy fright thee; rather try
What venture waits upon the treach'rous die.
Who knows but, spite of every secret art,
Thy lucky throws may wring the gambler's heart.
But should'st thou lose, in fortune's fickle hour,
Mortgage the promises of future power.
Should clam'rous duns assail thy wearied gate,
And sorry tradesmen with impatience wait
Their ling'ring dues, 'till Hotham's eyes behold
Your coffers shining with replenish'd gold,
Withdraw your favours,--let the crew bemoan
The gilded plumes that made their traffic known:
Is it no honour that your name should grace
The splendid portals of the thankless race?
Or lends it not the privilege to cheat
The wealthy little ones who ape the great?
Grant then the favour, where your frequent name
May give the ponderous ledger half its fame.[2]
"
15889,"",HDIS,"",2004-08-11 00:00:00 UTC,,5976,"","",2009-09-14 19:45:00 UTC,"The heart may bear a ""fair image"""," ""Ah cease!"" he cried, ""fond Nymph! the heart t'upbraid,
""Which thy fair image too distinctly bears:
""The cloud, which darkly o'er my fancy play'd,
""Whate'er th' illusion may have caus'd, now clears,
""And, tho' with range uncertain, doubts and fears
""Contend for empire and distract my mind.
""Ah! look not so! drop not those pearly tears
""Hide those perfections, lest, to duty blind,
'Again my working soul to madness be resign'd!'
"
15896,"",Searching HDIS (Poetry),"",2005-04-07 00:00:00 UTC,,5976,"","",2009-09-14 19:45:01 UTC,"Heaven ""Braces each nerve, and stamps with energy his soul"""," ""But thee nor toils nor adverse fate alarm:
""Thy gallant heart, where constancy presides,
""Which innate worth and gen'rous feelings warm,
""Mocks at extrinsic chance and fear derides.
""Tho' threat'ning oceans heave their boist'rous tides,
""Tho' light'nings glare, and thunders round thee roll,
""Protecting Heav'n my wand'ring hero guides,
""Inspires new courage fortune to controul,
""Braces each nerve, and stamps with energy his soul.
"
15897,"",Searching HDIS (Poetry),"",2005-04-07 00:00:00 UTC,,5976,"","",2009-09-14 19:45:01 UTC,"""Stampt on my soul, and with my life combin'd, / Is the remembrance of my much-lov'd King"""," ""Stampt on my soul, and with my life combin'd,
""Is the remembrance of my much-lov'd King;
""And dear the hours which to my grateful mind
""The splendid image of his virtues bring.
""From this pure source of knightly prowess spring
""All that of promise grac'd my rude essays.
""Thus when the Eaglet tries his feeble wing,
""Led by his princely sire, he learns to raise
""Towards Heaven his ardent glance, and on the sun to gaze.
"
16096,"","Searching ""faction"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Poetry)","",2004-08-24 00:00:00 UTC,,6083,"","",2012-01-06 21:49:49 UTC,"""Thus with the show of reason, but with hearts, / By faction tainted, and by envy steel'd / Against their youthful leader, they had hop'd / By these inglorious councils to degrade / And tarnish his high fame."""," Thus with the show of reason, but with hearts,
By faction tainted, and by envy steel'd
Against their youthful leader, they had hop'd
By these inglorious councils to degrade
And tarnish his high fame; for Dathan there,
And, him beside, Abiram in the roll
Of Reuben's princes held their state, and sate
Darkling in close cabal; but vain their plots
And impotent their malice; calm contempt,
Disdaining answer, mark'd the hero's brow,
And when Elishama, whose fiery zeal
Ill brook'd their chilling argument, arose
Impatient to reply, with outstretcht hand
Imposing silence, thus the chieftain spake.
"
16097,"","Searching ""stamp"" and ""mind"" in HDIS (Poetry)","",2005-04-07 00:00:00 UTC,,6083,"","",2009-09-14 19:45:43 UTC,"""Since, then, th' Eternal Pow'r has stamp'd each mind, / Pure and congenial, in one common mould"""," ""Since, then, th' Eternal Pow'r has stamp'd each mind,
""Pure and congenial, in one common mould,
""Henceforward may your virtues be combin'd!
""Oh! let your spirits, free and uncontroul'd,
""Their kindred gallantry and worth unfold:
""Let both obey approving Heav'n's behest!
""Angels and men with transport shall behold
""Your hands the ravages of war arrest,
""And peace again shall smile, and Judah shall be bless'd!""
"
16098,"","Searching ""stamp"" and ""mind"" in HDIS (Poetry)","",2005-04-07 00:00:00 UTC,,6083,"","",2009-09-14 19:45:44 UTC,"""Oh! had [Heaven] stamp'd upon the human mind / The mild forbearance, and the love unfeign'd"""," ""Oh! that high Heav'n, in mercy to mankind,
""War and its deadly scourges had restrain'd!
""Oh! had it stamp'd upon the human mind
""The mild forbearance, and the love unfeign'd,
""By which alone man's blessings are sustain'd,
""And conscience loses her severest stings!
""Then brother ne'er a brother's blood had drain'd,
""Ne'er had we known the dire effect, which springs
""From nations' rivalry and jealous hate of kings!""
"
16101,"•I've included thrice: Haunting, Demon, Wave",Searching in HDIS (Poetry),"",2006-01-17 00:00:00 UTC,,6083,"","",2009-09-14 19:45:44 UTC,"""So minds debas'd can torture gen'rous acts: / And thus, by terrors haunted, hunger-pinch'd, / Hag-ridden by the demon at their hearts, / Suspicious, tost from thought to thought, they watch'd / The lagging hours of night""","He said, and forth the brave advent'rers went.
Deep in their gloomy cave the ten remain'd,
Hungry and chill and overcome with toil,
Yet fear forbad their heavy eyes to close,
And none propos'd to watch whilst others slept;
For by no ties of friendship were they bound
Each to the other, nor had common cause,
Save in the joint resolve to throw contempt
And absolute discredit on the hope,
Cherish'd by Joshua, to excite the war
With nations, which invincible they deem'd.
The shepherd's words weigh'd heavy on their hearts,
And what that false deceiver would have said,
Had Joshua not oppos'd, their fears supplied.
Some in the baseness of their souls propos'd
Instant escape; but even that t'attempt
Presented perils, which they dar'd not face,
But under guidance of their gallant chiefs;
For though they held them in their bitt'rest hate,
Still they rever'd their courage. Some there were
In treason so deep-sighted, as to spy
A project to desert them in their need,
And let them die by famine in their cave:
So minds debas'd can torture gen'rous acts:
And thus, by terrors haunted, hunger-pinch'd,
Hag-ridden by the demon at their hearts,
Suspicious, tost from thought to thought, they watch'd
The lagging hours of night, nor other food
Had they, save that, on which the viper feeds."
16357,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""stamp"" in HDIS (Poetry)","",2005-04-07 00:00:00 UTC,,6177,"","",2009-09-14 19:46:38 UTC,"""This was love's doing: from my constant heart / The image stampt by him can ne'er depart""","""As thus I spoke, encrimson'd blushes dy'd
""Her cheek, her bosom--Fault'ring she replied,
""'Rise, royal Sir--nay, spare me, I implore--
""'I cannot answer--may not hear thee more--
""'Some other time perhaps'--'Oh! why not now,'
""I cried, 'thy Orosmanes' suit allow?
""'Since of thy charms the vassal I became,
""'Pure was my love, and holy was my flame,
""'Pure as thy peerless self! My realm I left,
""'Thy humblest slave I grew, of all bereft,
""'Save only of my honour and my truth;
""'Doom'd in obscurity to pass my youth,
""'Studious 'bove all that secret to conceal,
""'Which jealous honour made me now reveal.
""'This was love's doing: from my constant heart
""'The image stampt by him can ne'er depart."
19110,"","Searching ""mind"" in Google Books","",2011-08-30 20:06:32 UTC,,7075,"",Chapter IV,2011-08-30 20:06:32 UTC,"""Beware of acquiescing in the evil tempers which have been condemned, under the idea that they are the ordinary imperfections of the best of men; that they shew themselves only in little instances; that they are only occasional, hasty, and transient effusions, when you are taken off your guard; the passing shade of your mind, and not the settled colour.""","[...] Remember that the Divine Agency is promised, ""to take away the heart of stone, and give a heart of flesh,"" of which it is the natural property to be tender and susceptible. Pray then earnestly and perseveringly, that the blessed aid of Divine Grace may operate effectually on your behalf. Beware of acquiescing in the evil tempers which have been condemned, under the idea that they are the ordinary imperfections of the best of men; that they shew themselves only in little instances; that they are only occasional, hasty, and transient effusions, when you are taken off your guard; the passing shade of your mind, and not the settled colour. Beware of excusing or allowing them in yourself, under the notion of warm zeal for the cause of Religion and virtue, which you perhaps own is now and then apt to carry you into somewhat over-great severity of judgement, or sharpness in reproof. Listen not to these, or any other such flattering excuses, which your own heart will be but too ready to suggest to you. Scrutinize yourself rather with rigorous strictness; and where there is so much room for self-deceit, call in the aid of some faithful friend, and unbosoming yourself to him without concealment, ask his impartial and unreserved opinion of your behaviour and condition. Our unwillingness to do this, often betrays to others, (not seldom it first discovers to ourselves) that we entertain a secret distrust of our own character and conduct. Instead also of extenuating to yourself the criminality of the vicious tempers under consideration, strive to impress your mind deeply with a sense of it. For this end, often consider seriously,that these rough and churlish tempers are a direct contrast to the ""meekness and gentleness of Christ;"" and that Christians are strongly and repeatedly enjoined to copy after their great Model in these particulars, and to be themselves patterns of ""mercy and kindness, and humbleness of ""mind, and meekness, and long suffering."" [...]
(pp. 278-9)"