work_id,theme,provenance,created_at,text,reviewed_on,id,comments,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,context
6083,"","Searching ""throne"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2004-08-07 00:00:00 UTC,"Whilst in these veins the blood of Esau flows,
No pulse within this vital frame shall beat,
That does not beat the summons to revenge;
No thought in this recording heart shall dwell,
But of eternal war with Jacob's sons,
And hatred deep as Jacob's perfidy.
More guileful than the crocodile, that lurks
In fatal ambush on the banks of Nile,
More noxious than the pestilential south,
That sweeps the wilderness with mortal blast,
Was he, from whom these hordes of slaves descend;
Therefore no peace with them; for as the source
So is the stream; each son is Jacob's self,
And in each mother a Rebecca lives.
In falsehood they were born; upon their lips
Their founder stamp'd th' hereditary lie,
And it abides; for lo! as he deceiv'd
His father Isaac when by age grown blind,
And stole a blessing from the elder-born,
So they from us by artifice would wrest
These ample districts, our inheritance,
Intent on plunder whilst professing peace.
But we, whose cities are the tented field,
Who exercise no arts but those of war,
A nation ever ready, ever arm'd,
'Gainst all invaders will maintain our rights:
And what have we to fear from Jacob's race,
Outcasts of Egypt, who to Pharaoh's yoke
For ages past have tamely bow'd the neck?
Come they not here yet smarting with the scourge,
Their hands yet hard with labour, and their limbs
Scarr'd with ignoble stripes? Let them approach:
Myriads of slaves like these appal not me,
Who in my people's hearts have built my throne,
Strong as their courage, stedfast as their truth.
Though Egypt's thousand gods could not withstand,
Nor the seas stay them, nor the desart starve,
Yet when the trumpet sounds, as soon it shall,
The charge to battle, and the fatal twang
Of Chemos' bow high o'er their heads is heard,
Terror shall seize and turn to shameful flight
Their dastard tribes; then conquest shall be ours,
Glory and great revenge shall crown our arms,
And Chemos, fed with hecatombs of slain,
Shall stop his flaming chariot, where he sits
With glittering shafts, and garments roll'd in blood,
To share our triumph and enjoy our praise.""
",,16095,"","""Let them approach: / Myriads of slaves like these appal not me, / Who in my people's hearts have built my throne, / Strong as their courage, stedfast as their truth.""",Throne,2012-01-06 21:48:10 UTC,""
6083,"","Searching ""faction"" and ""heart"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2004-08-24 00:00:00 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; 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.
",,16096,"","""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.""","",2012-01-06 21:49:49 UTC,""
6083,"","Searching ""stamp"" and ""mind"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2005-04-07 00:00:00 UTC," ""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!""
",,16097,"","""Since, then, th' Eternal Pow'r has stamp'd each mind, / Pure and congenial, in one common mould""","",2009-09-14 19:45:43 UTC,""
6083,"","Searching ""stamp"" and ""mind"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2005-04-07 00:00:00 UTC," ""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!""
",,16098,"","""Oh! had [Heaven] stamp'd upon the human mind / The mild forbearance, and the love unfeign'd""","",2009-09-14 19:45:44 UTC,""
6083,"","Searching ""brain"" and ""cell"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2005-08-29 00:00:00 UTC,"Forty succeeding days had now revolv'd,
Since the appointed twelve from Israel's camp
Adventur'd forth to search the promis'd land,
And still, unvisited by Heav'n's blest light,
Dark in his tent apostate Korah dwelt,
Outcast of God and man. Wretch more forlorn
Earth did not own; for day and night to him,
Irksome and drear and comfortless alike,
No grateful changes brought, that might induce
Or rest or pause from memory, but still
Th' imprison'd horror rankled in the depth
Of his relentless undiverted thought.
Sleep, that at times with silent step will come
To the sick couch, and soft oblivion bring,
Blest visitant! to sorrow-wounded souls,
Came not to him: alien from God was he;
And Heav'n's bright messengers will not consort
With hell's dark agents: for it is not sleep
To herd with nightly spectres; 'tis not rest
To wander and be tossing on the flood
Of wild imagination, till the soul
Feels anguish more intolerably fierce
Than all its waking torments.--Such the rest
Of Korah, such his dreams. When, at the hour
Of morn or ev'ning pray'r, the choral hymn
Hallow'd Jehovah's name, then through the cells
And channels of his phrensy-stricken brain
Rage and confusion rush'd; the solemn peal
Broke on his ear like his salvation's knell,
Whilst his vext conscience struggled, but too late,
To rend th' insatiate demon from his heart:
Hopeless attempt! The adamantine chain,
Temper'd by fiends, and to the centre knit
Of hell's tremendous furnace, held him fast.
Dathan, who, busied in rebellion's cause,
Of all authorities the foe, had spread
Contagious discontent throughout the camp,
Now at the close of day approach'd the tent
Of Korah, who, from the disastrous night,
That pledg'd him to perdition, had refus'd
Access to all the league, with whom prevail'd
Gloomy suspicions, that or death had quench'd,
Or melancholy damp'd his flaming zeal
For vengeance against Moses, which of late
Had rag'd so fiercely. Him the factious chief
Of Reuben found no longer now immur'd
Repulsive to enquiry, but pass'd on,
Led by the glimmering lamp to where he lay
In curtain'd privacy: before his couch
The kindred traitor stood, pond'ring the change,
Which in his ghastly visage had been wrought,
Since with that fiend infernal he had held
Impious communion, and allegiance pledg'd
To his soul's loss. ""What agony is this,
That weighs so heavy upon Korah's health,
Dathan exclaim'd, and how hath it occurr'd,
When Sinai's fires are out, and Moses sinks,
Like an extinguisht meteor, into shade,
That thou, the day-star of our rising hope,
The chosen of our Israel above all
The sons of Levi, buried in this gloom
Art to be sought of me, when thou thyself
Should'st be the first to welcome and enjoy
The triumphs, that await thy coming forth?""",,16099,•Literal? Cells and channels. Be careful not to fall into semantic dualism.
•I've included twice: Cells and Channel,"""[T]hrough the cells / And channels of his phrensy-stricken brain / Rage and confusion rush'd; the solemn peal / Broke on his ear like his salvation's knell, / Whilst his vext conscience struggled, but too late, / To rend th' insatiate demon from his heart""",Rooms,2009-09-14 19:45:44 UTC,""
6083,"",Searching in HDIS (Poetry),2006-01-17 00:00:00 UTC,"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.",,16101,"•I've included thrice: Haunting, Demon, Wave","""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""","",2009-09-14 19:45:44 UTC,""
6110,"","Searching ""heart"" and ""impression"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2005-05-16 00:00:00 UTC,"Ramirez.
When ambition and wealth their allurements unite,
What heart can resist their attractive impression?",,16143,"","""When ambition and wealth their allurements unite, / What heart can resist their attractive impression?""",Impression,2009-09-14 19:45:52 UTC,""
6167,"",Searching HDIS (Poetry),2004-06-15 00:00:00 UTC,"AMONG those vices which the Law
Does not controul or keep in awe,
Which look not to the grave intent
Of any Act of Parliament;
Are subject to no other rule
Than what is taught in Reason's school,
But, straying from her general plan,
Degrade the character of Man;
Among them all, who can descry
A vice more mean than Gluttony?
Of any groveling slave of sense,
Not one can claim so small pretence
To that indulgence which the wise
Allow to human frailties,
As the inglorious, beastly sinner,
Whose only object is--a dinner.
The Miser, who heaps up his store,
May prove a Treasurer for the poor;
And, by his avarice, prepare
The funds by which his gen'rous heir
Can, with unbounded grace, impart
The kindness of a feeling heart.
--The thoughtless, but the jovial souls,
Who pleasure find in flowing bowls,
Enjoy the day, or pass the nights
In Bacchanalian delights:--
Though their excesses do not give
The happiness for which we live:
Yet, round their table mirth prevails,
And Humour laughs, though Reason fails.",,16334,"","One may be a ""groveling slave of sense"" (e.g., a miser or a epicure)","",2009-09-14 19:46:33 UTC,""
6083,"","Searching ""bond"" and ""soul"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2012-01-06 21:52:26 UTC,"To whom Abiram--""Prince, of that sage tribe,
Whose counsels all revere, must you be told
Unless our plans by forethought are matur'd,
Vigour is lost and expectation mockt?
It is the eye that gives the javelin aim,
Without whose mark it does but beat the air;
So will it be with us, if in our course
Discretion does not go before and guide.
But what can your experience learn of me,
Who am no son of Levi, nor of kin,
As you, to Moses, who beneath the show
Of meek demeanour bears that proud control,
And boasts that high legation, which to shake,
If such be Korah's purpose, well he knows
Success was never gain'd by vain complaints,
Or empty menaces, that harm not him,
'Gainst whom they're vented, and betray themselves?
But you are calm--and well it is, for now
Much it behoves us to compute the strength
Of him, whose ruin we would work, of him,
Who vaunts himself the legate of Jehovah,
And by that title keeps our souls in thrall
And bondage worse than what our limbs endur'd
Under the yoke of Pharaoh. We, your friends,
Dathan and I were present and have heard
This mighty orator proclaim aloud
His great commission held of God Himself:
Nay more, he told us, and unblushing told,
That in the desart, when near Horeb's mount
He watch'd the flock of Jethro, God appear'd
In fire, and commun'd with him from the bush,
That in the midst of flames was unconsum'd.
Here is a prodigy, to him alone
Reveal'd, which almost deifies the teller,
Of none else seen and by none else affirm'd.
If this were true, it makes him friend of God;
On this he founds his mission, and appeals
To miracles in Pharaoh's presence wrought,
Which, seen by thousands, thousands will attest.
Believe me, son of Izrah, 'twere no task
Of easy function to instil suspicion
Into the people's hearts, and shake their faith
In him, who led them dry-shod through the sea.""",,19398,"","""Much it behoves us to compute the strength / Of him, whose ruin we would work, of him, / Who vaunts himself the legate of Jehovah, / And by that title keeps our souls in thrall / And bondage worse than what our limbs endur'd / Under the yoke of Pharaoh.""",Fetters,2012-01-06 21:52:26 UTC,""
7285,"","Searching ""passion"" and ""beast"" in HDIS (Poetry)",2012-07-03 14:47:40 UTC,"My Lord.--
""Patient, my learned Doctor, hear;
And to my counsels give an ear:
I long have known, and known too well,
The country where you wish to dwell.
Corruption, fraud, and envy wait
At the proud Statesman's crowded gate;
There fawning flatt'ry wins its way,
There the base passions join the fray,
Like beasts that on each other prey;
While the smile hides each trait'rous heart,
And interest plays a Proteus part.",,19842,"","""There fawning flatt'ry wins its way, / There the base passions join the fray, / Like beasts that on each other prey; / While the smile hides each trait'rous heart, / And interest plays a Proteus part.""",Beasts,2012-07-03 14:47:40 UTC,""