"'From forth thy Bosom turn the Viper-Guest, / 'Or, e'er he bite thee, crush him at thy Breast"
— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for E. Curll
Date
1718
Metaphor
"'From forth thy Bosom turn the Viper-Guest, / 'Or, e'er he bite thee, crush him at thy Breast"
Metaphor in Context
"Beware, O PRINCE, forewarn'd by Heav'n, beware
"Approaching Danger, and elude the Snare:
"From forth thy Bosom turn the Viper-Guest,
"Or, e'er he bite thee, crush him at thy Breast;
"With timely Care th'impending Ill avert,
"Their Pride defeat, their Councils disconcert:
"Awake, and heal Religion's bleeding Veins,
"So shall the World confess a Brunswick reigns.
(p. 34)
"Approaching Danger, and elude the Snare:
"From forth thy Bosom turn the Viper-Guest,
"Or, e'er he bite thee, crush him at thy Breast;
"With timely Care th'impending Ill avert,
"Their Pride defeat, their Councils disconcert:
"Awake, and heal Religion's bleeding Veins,
"So shall the World confess a Brunswick reigns.
(p. 34)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "guest" in HDIS (Poetry); confirmed in ECCO.
Citation
2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1718, 1720).
Text from Protestant Popery: or, The Convocation. A Poem. In Five Cantos. Address’d to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Bangor. (London: Printed for E. Curll in Fleetstreet, 1718). <Link to ESTC>
See also Poems on Several Occasions. To Which Is Added, a Letter to Mr. Law. By a Student of Oxford. (London: Printed for E. Curll, in Fleet-Street, 1720). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Protestant Popery: or, The Convocation. A Poem. In Five Cantos. Address’d to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Bangor. (London: Printed for E. Curll in Fleetstreet, 1718). <Link to ESTC>
See also Poems on Several Occasions. To Which Is Added, a Letter to Mr. Law. By a Student of Oxford. (London: Printed for E. Curll, in Fleet-Street, 1720). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
03/15/2006
