" And see how Nature, bountiful and kind, / Stamps the Paternal Image on his Mind"
— Pitt, Christopher (1699-1748)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Bateman ... and J. Nicks [etc.]
Date
1721
Metaphor
" And see how Nature, bountiful and kind, / Stamps the Paternal Image on his Mind"
Metaphor in Context
And Thou, his pious Consort, here below,
Lavish of Grief, and prodigal of Woe:
Oh! choak thy Griefs, thy rising Sighs suppress,
Nor let thy Sorrows violate his Peace.
This Rage of Anguish, that disdains Relief,
Dims his bright Joys, with some Allay of Grief.
Look on his dearest Pledge, he left behind,
And see how Nature, bountiful and kind,
Stamps the Paternal Image on his Mind.
Oh! may the hereditary Virtues run
In fair Succession, to adorn the Son;
The last best Hopes of Albion's Realms to grace,
And form the Hero worthy of his Race:
Some Means at last by Britain may be found,
To dry her Tears, and close her bleeding Wound.
And if the Muse thro' future Times can see,
Fair Youth, thy Father shall revive in thee:
Thou shalt the wond'ring Nation's Hopes engage,
To rise the Stanhope of the future Age.
Lavish of Grief, and prodigal of Woe:
Oh! choak thy Griefs, thy rising Sighs suppress,
Nor let thy Sorrows violate his Peace.
This Rage of Anguish, that disdains Relief,
Dims his bright Joys, with some Allay of Grief.
Look on his dearest Pledge, he left behind,
And see how Nature, bountiful and kind,
Stamps the Paternal Image on his Mind.
Oh! may the hereditary Virtues run
In fair Succession, to adorn the Son;
The last best Hopes of Albion's Realms to grace,
And form the Hero worthy of his Race:
Some Means at last by Britain may be found,
To dry her Tears, and close her bleeding Wound.
And if the Muse thro' future Times can see,
Fair Youth, thy Father shall revive in thee:
Thou shalt the wond'ring Nation's Hopes engage,
To rise the Stanhope of the future Age.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/07/2005
