"Reluctant Reason you'll in Fetters keep, / And lay th' insulting Judge within asleep."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Wilkins for Jonas Browne and J. Walthoe
Date
1718
Metaphor
"Reluctant Reason you'll in Fetters keep, / And lay th' insulting Judge within asleep."
Metaphor in Context
Our Wits, who labour to refine the Town
With Riot, will embrace you as their own,
And their new Convert with Applauses crown;
From all misgiving Thoughts your Bosom clear,
Sooth your Remorse, and laugh away your Fear.
Reluctant Reason you'll in Fetters keep,
And lay th' insulting Judge within asleep.
You'll triumph o'er Religious Knaves with Ease,
Mock future Life, and soon know where 'twill please.
You're right put off of Hand, if this be done,
Your Ground well taken, you will smoothly run.
With Riot, will embrace you as their own,
And their new Convert with Applauses crown;
From all misgiving Thoughts your Bosom clear,
Sooth your Remorse, and laugh away your Fear.
Reluctant Reason you'll in Fetters keep,
And lay th' insulting Judge within asleep.
You'll triumph o'er Religious Knaves with Ease,
Mock future Life, and soon know where 'twill please.
You're right put off of Hand, if this be done,
Your Ground well taken, you will smoothly run.
Categories
Provenance
Searching HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
1 entry in ESTC (1718).
Text from A Collection of Poems on Various Subjects. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M. D. Fellow of the Royal-College of Physicians. (London: Printed by W. Wilkins, for Jonas Browne, 1718). <Link to ECCO>
Text from A Collection of Poems on Various Subjects. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M. D. Fellow of the Royal-College of Physicians. (London: Printed by W. Wilkins, for Jonas Browne, 1718). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/26/2004
Date of Review
05/26/2011
