"Soon as the short Delirium past you find, / And Sense regains it's Empire o'er the Mind, / You bless the Hand that eas'd your anxious Cares, / And pour for Brunswick's House incessant Prayers!"
— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Green,
Date
1728
Metaphor
"Soon as the short Delirium past you find, / And Sense regains it's Empire o'er the Mind, / You bless the Hand that eas'd your anxious Cares, / And pour for Brunswick's House incessant Prayers!"
Metaphor in Context
Soon as the short Delirium past you find,
And Sense regains it's Empire o'er the Mind,
You bless the Hand that eas'd your anxious Cares,
And pour for Brunswick's House incessant Prayers!
Let the King live! (thus speaks your ardent Zeal!)
Long live, a Parent's Happiness to feel
May Peace for ever bless the sacred Line,
That ev'ry Son may live, as well as mine!
Not equal Gladness o'er your Bosom spread;
When first the Infant bless'd your genial Bed.
Not half the Mother's Transport did you find,
For what is Body's Ease to Ease of Mind?
Nor when his Prattling did your Ears engage,
And promised Wonders in his riper Age;
Nor when the Race of Youth he gayly ran,
And rose thro' various Hazards up to Man,
As when Great Cæsar spoke the Royal Word,
Which him to Life, and you to Peace restor'd,
Both by their Sov'reign's Favour born anew,
He twice a Son, and twice a Mother you.
And Sense regains it's Empire o'er the Mind,
You bless the Hand that eas'd your anxious Cares,
And pour for Brunswick's House incessant Prayers!
Let the King live! (thus speaks your ardent Zeal!)
Long live, a Parent's Happiness to feel
May Peace for ever bless the sacred Line,
That ev'ry Son may live, as well as mine!
Not equal Gladness o'er your Bosom spread;
When first the Infant bless'd your genial Bed.
Not half the Mother's Transport did you find,
For what is Body's Ease to Ease of Mind?
Nor when his Prattling did your Ears engage,
And promised Wonders in his riper Age;
Nor when the Race of Youth he gayly ran,
And rose thro' various Hazards up to Man,
As when Great Cæsar spoke the Royal Word,
Which him to Life, and you to Peace restor'd,
Both by their Sov'reign's Favour born anew,
He twice a Son, and twice a Mother you.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1728).
See Nature in Perfection; or, the Mother Unveil'd: Being a Congratulatory Poem to Mrs. Bret, Upon His Majesty's Most Gracious Pardon Granted to Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the Late Earl Rivers. (London: Printed for T. Green, near Charing Cross, and sold by J. Roberts at the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1728). <Link to ESTC> [Work attributed to Savage.]
See Nature in Perfection; or, the Mother Unveil'd: Being a Congratulatory Poem to Mrs. Bret, Upon His Majesty's Most Gracious Pardon Granted to Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the Late Earl Rivers. (London: Printed for T. Green, near Charing Cross, and sold by J. Roberts at the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1728). <Link to ESTC> [Work attributed to Savage.]
Date of Entry
08/11/2004
