"Stoop to the Gen'rous, if you seek Controll; / Vertue will fix your Empire on his Soul"
— Odingsells, Gabriel (1690-1734)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and sold by J. Walthoe
Date
1725
Metaphor
"Stoop to the Gen'rous, if you seek Controll; / Vertue will fix your Empire on his Soul"
Metaphor in Context
To pain the Lover, you disgust the Friend.
Caprice but damps the Flame it strives to raise,
Tho' Phrensy sooths it with a short-liv'd Blaze,
Who sue with Honour, are with Honour ty'd,
To scorn th' injurious Insolence of Pride.
Ill-judging Beauty! fated to obey
The crouching Slaves, who deify its Sway.
None cringe ignobly but who Power crave,
And the worst Tyrant is a ruling Slave.
Stoop to the Gen'rous, if you seek Controll;
Vertue will fix your Empire on his Soul.
Caprice but damps the Flame it strives to raise,
Tho' Phrensy sooths it with a short-liv'd Blaze,
Who sue with Honour, are with Honour ty'd,
To scorn th' injurious Insolence of Pride.
Ill-judging Beauty! fated to obey
The crouching Slaves, who deify its Sway.
None cringe ignobly but who Power crave,
And the worst Tyrant is a ruling Slave.
Stoop to the Gen'rous, if you seek Controll;
Vertue will fix your Empire on his Soul.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "empire" and "soul" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1725).
The Bath Unmask'd. A Comedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Odingsells. (London: Printed and sold by J. Walthoe, over against the Royal Exchange, in Cornhill, and at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, 1725). <Link to ESTC>
The Bath Unmask'd. A Comedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Odingsells. (London: Printed and sold by J. Walthoe, over against the Royal Exchange, in Cornhill, and at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, 1725). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
08/11/2004
