"To him my heart shall gratefully ascribe / The crown of conquest, his unquestion'd right"
— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Hett ... and R. Dodsley [etc.]
Date
1739
Metaphor
"To him my heart shall gratefully ascribe / The crown of conquest, his unquestion'd right"
Metaphor in Context
To him, my glorious Ransomer, I'll sing;
To him my heart shall gratefully ascribe
The crown of conquest, his unquestion'd right:
While list'ning angels pleas'd shall hear me tell
The wonders of his love, the strange event
Of his surprizing grace.--Transporting theme!
Where shall the song begin?--Turn back the rolls
Of vast eternity--still, backward still
The dazzling records turn--Where shall I find
The glorious point? where fix the shining date
When everlasting love design'd my bliss?
To him my heart shall gratefully ascribe
The crown of conquest, his unquestion'd right:
While list'ning angels pleas'd shall hear me tell
The wonders of his love, the strange event
Of his surprizing grace.--Transporting theme!
Where shall the song begin?--Turn back the rolls
Of vast eternity--still, backward still
The dazzling records turn--Where shall I find
The glorious point? where fix the shining date
When everlasting love design'd my bliss?
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1739, 1749, 1795, 1796).
Elizabeth Singer Rowe, The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. The Greater Part Now First Published, by Her Order, from Her Original Manuscripts, by Mr. Theophilus Rowe. To Which Are Added, Poems on Several Occasions, by Mr. Thomas Rowe. and to the Whole Is Prefix'd, an Account of the Lives and Writings of the Authors, 2 vols. (London: printed for R. Hett and R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Elizabeth Singer Rowe, The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. The Greater Part Now First Published, by Her Order, from Her Original Manuscripts, by Mr. Theophilus Rowe. To Which Are Added, Poems on Several Occasions, by Mr. Thomas Rowe. and to the Whole Is Prefix'd, an Account of the Lives and Writings of the Authors, 2 vols. (London: printed for R. Hett and R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
02/14/2005
