"Suspence that torture of the Mind, / Long had our Thoughts in doubts dark Cave confin'd"
— Ames, Richard (bap. 1664?, d. 1692)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Taylor
Date
1692
Metaphor
"Suspence that torture of the Mind, / Long had our Thoughts in doubts dark Cave confin'd"
Metaphor in Context
Hail! Welcome News, with treble welcome Hail,
No little Infant e're was seen,
The Milk from Breast more greedily to suck in,
Than we with pleasure catch thy wond'rous tale,
Suspence that torture of the Mind,
Long had our Thoughts in doubts dark Cave confin'd,
Yet hope the gay Fore-runner of Success,
With gladsom smiles would often bless
Our Anxious Souls until at last,
We did the Luscious Banquet taste,
Who the exalted pleasure can express,
When Tidings of a Victory,
Confirm'd by all convincing certainty,
From dark Suspicious did our Souls Release;
The Joys, bless'd Souls unbodied feel,
Tho' far above our pow'r to tell,
Yet we in part their Mighty Transports guess;
By lively Mirth which still controuls,
And keeps her Revels in our Souls,
So great, that words cannot its Love express.
No little Infant e're was seen,
The Milk from Breast more greedily to suck in,
Than we with pleasure catch thy wond'rous tale,
Suspence that torture of the Mind,
Long had our Thoughts in doubts dark Cave confin'd,
Yet hope the gay Fore-runner of Success,
With gladsom smiles would often bless
Our Anxious Souls until at last,
We did the Luscious Banquet taste,
Who the exalted pleasure can express,
When Tidings of a Victory,
Confirm'd by all convincing certainty,
From dark Suspicious did our Souls Release;
The Joys, bless'd Souls unbodied feel,
Tho' far above our pow'r to tell,
Yet we in part their Mighty Transports guess;
By lively Mirth which still controuls,
And keeps her Revels in our Souls,
So great, that words cannot its Love express.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "cave" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "thought"
Citation
Two entries in ESTC.
Britannia Victrix: or, The Triumphs of the Royal Navy, In the Late Victorious Ingagement with the French Fleet: May, 1692. A Pindarick Poem (Printed for R. Taylor, 1692). <Link to EEBO>
Britannia Victrix: or, The Triumphs of the Royal Navy, In the Late Victorious Ingagement with the French Fleet: May, 1692. A Pindarick Poem (Printed for R. Taylor, 1692). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
01/17/2006
