"He finds thy soft impression touch his breast, / He feels the God, and owns him unconfess'd!"
— Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Roberts
Date
1739 [1740]
Metaphor
"He finds thy soft impression touch his breast, / He feels the God, and owns him unconfess'd!"
Metaphor in Context
Him, sole almighty Nature's book displays,
Distinct the page, and legible the rays!
Let the wild sceptic his attention throw,
To the broad horizon, or earth below;
He finds thy soft impression touch his breast,
He feels the God, and owns him unconfess'd!
Should the stray Pilgrim, tir'd of sands and skies,
In Libya's waste behold a Palace rise,
Would he believe the charm from atoms wrought?
Go, atheist, hence, and mend thy juster thought!
Distinct the page, and legible the rays!
Let the wild sceptic his attention throw,
To the broad horizon, or earth below;
He finds thy soft impression touch his breast,
He feels the God, and owns him unconfess'd!
Should the stray Pilgrim, tir'd of sands and skies,
In Libya's waste behold a Palace rise,
Would he believe the charm from atoms wrought?
Go, atheist, hence, and mend thy juster thought!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "impression" 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>
Date of Entry
05/20/2005
