"Our Tears and Grief will soften their hard Hearts, / Fit to receive Impression from our Words."
— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Place of Publication
London
Date
1723, 1740
Metaphor
"Our Tears and Grief will soften their hard Hearts, / Fit to receive Impression from our Words."
Metaphor in Context
Come, let us bear him to the Market-place.
This is a Jewel yet, tho' dropt by Fortune;
With which we'll purchase Popularity,
And set up for ourselves in this new World.
Our Tears and Grief will soften their hard Hearts,
Fit to receive Impression from our Words.
And when Crowds listen once, there is no Fear:
They have the People's Hearts, who have their Ear.
This is a Jewel yet, tho' dropt by Fortune;
With which we'll purchase Popularity,
And set up for ourselves in this new World.
Our Tears and Grief will soften their hard Hearts,
Fit to receive Impression from our Words.
And when Crowds listen once, there is no Fear:
They have the People's Hearts, who have their Ear.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "impression" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Searching, finding 6 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1723, 1726, 1729, 1752, 1753).
Text from The Works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. 2 vols., 3rd ed., Corrected (London: Printed for T. Wotton and D. Browne, 1740).
Play dated to 1722. Appears in The Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, 2 vols. (London: John Barber, 1723). <Link to ECCO>. Published individually in 1726.
See also reissue: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Altered: With a Prologue and Chorus; by His Grace John Duke of Buckingham. (Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1752).
Text from The Works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. 2 vols., 3rd ed., Corrected (London: Printed for T. Wotton and D. Browne, 1740).
Play dated to 1722. Appears in The Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, 2 vols. (London: John Barber, 1723). <Link to ECCO>. Published individually in 1726.
See also reissue: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Altered: With a Prologue and Chorus; by His Grace John Duke of Buckingham. (Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1752).
Date of Entry
05/16/2005
