Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)

Tasso's Jerusalem, an Epic Poem

1738, 1792

"But soon a beam, emissive from above, / Shed mental day, and touch'd the heart with love; / Gave jealous rage to know Divine Controul, / And ruled the tempest rising in the soul."

He said, when, mantling from each hero's breast,
Ambition mounts in every eye exprest:
But soon a beam, emissive from above,
Shed mental day, and touch'd the heart with love;
Gave jealous rage to know Divine Controul,
And ruled the tempest rising in the soul.
Calm reason the recoiling tumult sways;
The sage's speech attentive judgment weighs;
To merit every partial view expands,
And Godfrey! Godfrey! every voice demands.

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At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1738, 1792).

See Tasso's Jerusalem, an Epic Poem. Translated from the Italian. By Henry Brooke, Esq; Book I. (London: Printed by J. Hughs, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields: for R. Dodsley, at Tully’s Head in Pall-Mall, 1738). <Link to ESTC>

Text from The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke 4 vols., 3rd ed. (Dublin: Printed for the Editor, 1792). [There titled, Jerusalem Delivered; An Epic Poem.]

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