"Purg'd from the Dross of a Terrestrial Mind, / The Blest are all Propitious to Mankind:"
— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Lewis [etc.]
Date
1709
Metaphor
"Purg'd from the Dross of a Terrestrial Mind, / The Blest are all Propitious to Mankind:"
Metaphor in Context
Thus Spoke the Shade; a Lambent Brightness round
Her Temples play'd, with Wreaths of Glory bound.
Purg'd from the Dross of a Terrestrial Mind,
The Blest are all Propitious to Mankind:
Who knows but that our near Relations here,
Advanc'd, may be our Guardian-Angels there?
And tho' we don't their Mediation need,
(A Greater having to Himself decreed
That Work for Sinful Man to Intercede;)
No doubt they pray all Blessings Earth can share
We here may have; and, last,--a Crown of Glory there.
Her Temples play'd, with Wreaths of Glory bound.
Purg'd from the Dross of a Terrestrial Mind,
The Blest are all Propitious to Mankind:
Who knows but that our near Relations here,
Advanc'd, may be our Guardian-Angels there?
And tho' we don't their Mediation need,
(A Greater having to Himself decreed
That Work for Sinful Man to Intercede;)
No doubt they pray all Blessings Earth can share
We here may have; and, last,--a Crown of Glory there.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "dross" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
The Works of Mr. Robert Gould: In Two Volumes. Consisting of those Poems and Satyrs Which were formerly Printed, and Corrected since by the Author; As also of the many more which He Design'd for the Press. Publish'd from his Own Original Copies (London: W. Lewis, 1709). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/18/2005
