"Thou [God] only can'st the wond'rous Links descry / That Minds unbody'd to a Body tye."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Botham, for James Knapton
Date
1723
Metaphor
"Thou [God] only can'st the wond'rous Links descry / That Minds unbody'd to a Body tye."
Metaphor in Context
Thou only can'st the wond'rous Links descry
That Minds unbody'd to a Body tye.
Thy peircing Eye th' elastick Spring surveys
By which the beating vital Engine plays,
And thro' arterial Tubes mechanick Life conveys.
Thou only secret Nature can'st pursue,
And her entire Oeconomy review,
How she performs with undiscover'd Art
A diff'rent Task in every diff'rent Part,
How active Ferments work the fluid Mass,
How thro' their Strainers various Humours pass,
How all the noxious Juices are expell'd,
And by what Skill the Wholsome are withheld.
(pp. 98-9)
That Minds unbody'd to a Body tye.
Thy peircing Eye th' elastick Spring surveys
By which the beating vital Engine plays,
And thro' arterial Tubes mechanick Life conveys.
Thou only secret Nature can'st pursue,
And her entire Oeconomy review,
How she performs with undiscover'd Art
A diff'rent Task in every diff'rent Part,
How active Ferments work the fluid Mass,
How thro' their Strainers various Humours pass,
How all the noxious Juices are expell'd,
And by what Skill the Wholsome are withheld.
(pp. 98-9)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1723).
Richard Blackmore, Alfred. An Epick Poem. In Twelve Books (London: Printed by W. Botham, for James Knapton, 1723). <Link to ECCO><Link to LION>
Richard Blackmore, Alfred. An Epick Poem. In Twelve Books (London: Printed by W. Botham, for James Knapton, 1723). <Link to ECCO><Link to LION>
Date of Entry
07/28/2004
Date of Review
01/10/2012
