"That last best effort of [Science's] skill, / To form the life, and rule the will, / Propitious power! impart."
— Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by E. Cave
Date
October, 1739
Metaphor
"That last best effort of [Science's] skill, / To form the life, and rule the will, / Propitious power! impart."
Metaphor in Context
That last best effort of thy skill,
To form the life, and rule the will,
Propitious power! impart:
Teach me to cool my passion's fires,
Make me the judge of my desires,
The master of my heart.
(Cf. IX, p. 544. in GM)
To form the life, and rule the will,
Propitious power! impart:
Teach me to cool my passion's fires,
Make me the judge of my desires,
The master of my heart.
(Cf. IX, p. 544. in GM)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 8 instances and entries in ECCO and ESTC (1761, 1762, 1765, 1775, 1780, 1781, 1790, 1791, 1795, 1800).
See "Hymn to Science" in The Gentleman's Magazine (October 1739), IX, p. 544<Link to Google Books>
Text from The Poems Of Mark Akenside (London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1772). <Link to ESTC>
See "Hymn to Science" in The Gentleman's Magazine (October 1739), IX, p. 544<Link to Google Books>
Text from The Poems Of Mark Akenside (London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1772). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
08/31/2004
Date of Review
06/10/2011
