"Gold such Patience can inspire, / And so debase the Soul of Man,"
— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1710
Metaphor
"Gold such Patience can inspire, / And so debase the Soul of Man,"
Metaphor in Context
Of all the Dregs of human Race,
To sinful Shame and Int'rest bent,
None surely can the Wretch surpass,
That's made a Cuckold by Consent.
If Gold such Patience can inspire,
And so debase the Soul of Man,
Well may the needy Lass, for Hire,
The gen'rous Lover entertain.
To sinful Shame and Int'rest bent,
None surely can the Wretch surpass,
That's made a Cuckold by Consent.
If Gold such Patience can inspire,
And so debase the Soul of Man,
Well may the needy Lass, for Hire,
The gen'rous Lover entertain.
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Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1710, 1723, 1737, 1759).
Text from Edward Ward, Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, An Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage (London: Printed for T. Norris, A. Bettesworth, and F. Fayrham, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
See also Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, an Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage, 2 vols. (London: H. Meere, T. Norris, A Bettesworth, 1710). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Edward Ward, Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, An Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage (London: Printed for T. Norris, A. Bettesworth, and F. Fayrham, 1723). <Link to ECCO>
See also Nuptial Dialogues and Debates: Or, an Useful Prospect of the Felicities and Discomforts of a Marry'd Life, Incident to all Degrees, from the Throne to the Cottage, 2 vols. (London: H. Meere, T. Norris, A Bettesworth, 1710). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
05/31/2005
