"But come ye purer souls from dross refin'd, / The blameless heart and uncorrupted mind!"
— Boyse, Samuel (1708-1749)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Roberts
Date
1739 [1740]
Metaphor
"But come ye purer souls from dross refin'd, / The blameless heart and uncorrupted mind!"
Metaphor in Context
Hence distant far, ye sons of earth profane,
The loose, ambitious, covetous, or vain;
Ye worms of pow'r! ye minion'd slaves of state,
The wanton vulgar, and the sordid great!
But come ye purer souls from dross refin'd,
The blameless heart and uncorrupted mind!
Let your chaste hands the holy altars raise,
Fresh incense bring, and light the glowing blaze;
Your grateful voices, aid the Muse to sing,
The spotless Justice of th'Almighty King!
The loose, ambitious, covetous, or vain;
Ye worms of pow'r! ye minion'd slaves of state,
The wanton vulgar, and the sordid great!
But come ye purer souls from dross refin'd,
The blameless heart and uncorrupted mind!
Let your chaste hands the holy altars raise,
Fresh incense bring, and light the glowing blaze;
Your grateful voices, aid the Muse to sing,
The spotless Justice of th'Almighty King!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "dross" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "heart"
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
Refinement
Date of Entry
07/19/2005
