Dictates have "his care on ev'ry mind impress'd, / The conscious seals the hand of Heav'n attest!"
— Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Roberts
Date
1739 [1740]
Metaphor
Dictates have "his care on ev'ry mind impress'd, / The conscious seals the hand of Heav'n attest!"
Metaphor in Context
As only Rectitude divine he knows,
As truth and sanctity his thought compose;
So these the dictates which th'Eternal Mind,
To reasonable beings has assign'd;
These has his care on ev'ry mind impress'd,
The conscious seals the hand of Heav'n attest!
When man perverse, for wrong forsakes the right,
He still attentive keeps the fault in sight;
Demands the strict attonement should be made,
And claims the forfeit on th'offender's head!
As truth and sanctity his thought compose;
So these the dictates which th'Eternal Mind,
To reasonable beings has assign'd;
These has his care on ev'ry mind impress'd,
The conscious seals the hand of Heav'n attest!
When man perverse, for wrong forsakes the right,
He still attentive keeps the fault in sight;
Demands the strict attonement should be made,
And claims the forfeit on th'offender's head!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "seal" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 5 entries in ESTC (1740, 1749, 1752).
See Samuel Boyse, Deity: A Poem. (London: Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1739 [i.e. 1740]). <Link to ESTC>
See Samuel Boyse, Deity: A Poem. (London: Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1739 [i.e. 1740]). <Link to ESTC>
Theme
Innate Ideas
Date of Entry
04/11/2005
