"Thus when Revenge does Reason's Scepter rule, / It turns the Wisest Statesman to a Fool"
— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Author
Place of Publication
[London]
Date
1714
Metaphor
"Thus when Revenge does Reason's Scepter rule, / It turns the Wisest Statesman to a Fool"
Metaphor in Context
Thus when Revenge does Reason's Scepter rule,
It turns the Wisest Statesman to a Fool,
Eclipses Fame, precipitates the Brave
Into rash Errors scorn'd by ev'ry Slave,
Then let's with Reason punish or forgive,
And ne'er forget the Bounties we receive,
For when the Great no Gratitude can boast
Their other Vertues are intirely lost.
It turns the Wisest Statesman to a Fool,
Eclipses Fame, precipitates the Brave
Into rash Errors scorn'd by ev'ry Slave,
Then let's with Reason punish or forgive,
And ne'er forget the Bounties we receive,
For when the Great no Gratitude can boast
Their other Vertues are intirely lost.
Provenance
Searching "rule" and "reason" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 7 entries in the ESTC (1714).
Text from The Republican Procession; Or, The Tumultuous Cavalcade. A Merry Poem ([London]: [s.n.], 1714). <Link to LION>
Text from The Republican Procession; Or, The Tumultuous Cavalcade. A Merry Poem ([London]: [s.n.], 1714). <Link to LION>
Date of Entry
06/22/2004
