"Britannia's state what bounds confine? / (Of rising thought O golden mine!) / Mountains, Alps, streams, gulfs, oceans, set no bound."
— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Lawton Gilliver
Date
1730
Metaphor
"Britannia's state what bounds confine? / (Of rising thought O golden mine!) / Mountains, Alps, streams, gulfs, oceans, set no bound."
Metaphor in Context
Britannia's state what bounds confine?
(Of rising thought O golden mine!)
Mountains, Alps, streams, gulfs, oceans, set no bound:
She sallies till she strikes the star;
Expanding wide, and launching far
As wind can fly, or rolling wave resound.
(Of rising thought O golden mine!)
Mountains, Alps, streams, gulfs, oceans, set no bound:
She sallies till she strikes the star;
Expanding wide, and launching far
As wind can fly, or rolling wave resound.
Provenance
Searching "thought" and "gold" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1730, 1771).
Imperium Pelagi. A Naval Lyrick: Written in Imitation of Pindar’s Spirit. Occasion’d by His Majesty’s Return, Sept. 1729. and the Succeeding Peace. (London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver, at Homer’s Head against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet, 1730). <Link to ESTC>
Originally advertised for publication as The Merchant. A Naval Lyrick, but issued under the present title. Although the Dublin editions appeared under the title as advertised.
Imperium Pelagi. A Naval Lyrick: Written in Imitation of Pindar’s Spirit. Occasion’d by His Majesty’s Return, Sept. 1729. and the Succeeding Peace. (London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver, at Homer’s Head against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet, 1730). <Link to ESTC>
Originally advertised for publication as The Merchant. A Naval Lyrick, but issued under the present title. Although the Dublin editions appeared under the title as advertised.
Date of Entry
05/27/2005
Date of Review
01/12/2012
