"Thou golden chain 'twixt God and men, / Bless'd Reason! guide my life and pen."
— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Lawton Gilliver
Date
1730
Metaphor
"Thou golden chain 'twixt God and men, / Bless'd Reason! guide my life and pen."
Metaphor in Context
Thou golden chain 'twixt God and men,
Bless'd Reason! guide my life and pen:
All ills, like ghosts, fly trembling at thy light.
Who thee obeys, reigns over all;
Smiles, though the stars around him fall:
A God is nought but Reason Infinite.
Bless'd Reason! guide my life and pen:
All ills, like ghosts, fly trembling at thy light.
Who thee obeys, reigns over all;
Smiles, though the stars around him fall:
A God is nought but Reason Infinite.
Categories
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
