"In Characters of Malice, Pride, and Fraud, / Stamp'd on his Mind, my Image I applaud."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill
Date
1705
Metaphor
"In Characters of Malice, Pride, and Fraud, / Stamp'd on his Mind, my Image I applaud."
Metaphor in Context
Lopez in Poison skill'd, I will employ,
This Bulwark of Apostates to destroy.
His potent Drugs shall serve my Int'rest more
Than Mansfelt's Arms, and all Iberia's Pow'r.
This noble Genius ever well inclin'd,
By me for mighty Services design'd,
I form'd with Labour, and with Skill refin'd.
In Characters of Malice, Pride, and Fraud,
Stamp'd on his Mind, my Image I applaud.
All Dregs and Dross of Vertue purg'd away,
His perfect Wickedness knows no Allay:
His native, unsophisticated Vice,
Even rivals that, which has from Hell its Rise.
He unpolluted, has like us remain'd,
Unmix'd with Good, and with Remorse unstain'd.
To take off Vere, he'll be with ease engag'd,
Who is against him mortally enrag'd.
The Gen'ral with Displeasure has deny'd
To please his Avarice, and sooth his Pride.
Will not his great ambitious Suit espouse,
To be Controuler of Eliza's House:
Which to obtain, he came to Belgia's Shore,
Vere's Int'rest with Eliza to implore.
I sure shall gain him by a fair Reward,
Who by his Rage is for the Task prepar'd.
Vere once destroy'd, none can his Place supply,
Their Leader gone, the heartless Troops must fly.
This Bulwark of Apostates to destroy.
His potent Drugs shall serve my Int'rest more
Than Mansfelt's Arms, and all Iberia's Pow'r.
This noble Genius ever well inclin'd,
By me for mighty Services design'd,
I form'd with Labour, and with Skill refin'd.
In Characters of Malice, Pride, and Fraud,
Stamp'd on his Mind, my Image I applaud.
All Dregs and Dross of Vertue purg'd away,
His perfect Wickedness knows no Allay:
His native, unsophisticated Vice,
Even rivals that, which has from Hell its Rise.
He unpolluted, has like us remain'd,
Unmix'd with Good, and with Remorse unstain'd.
To take off Vere, he'll be with ease engag'd,
Who is against him mortally enrag'd.
The Gen'ral with Displeasure has deny'd
To please his Avarice, and sooth his Pride.
Will not his great ambitious Suit espouse,
To be Controuler of Eliza's House:
Which to obtain, he came to Belgia's Shore,
Vere's Int'rest with Eliza to implore.
I sure shall gain him by a fair Reward,
Who by his Rage is for the Task prepar'd.
Vere once destroy'd, none can his Place supply,
Their Leader gone, the heartless Troops must fly.
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1705, 1721).
Eliza: an Epick Poem. In Ten Books. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M.D. and Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians in London. To Which Is Annex’d, an Index, Explaining Persons, Countries, Cities, Rivers, &c. (London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1705). <Link to ESTC>
Eliza: an Epick Poem. In Ten Books. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M.D. and Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians in London. To Which Is Annex’d, an Index, Explaining Persons, Countries, Cities, Rivers, &c. (London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1705). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
04/06/2005
