"In These, whatever Sense first strikes their Thought, / (Or wrong or right) th' Impression deep is wrought"
— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. and R. Tonson
Date
1739, 1741
Metaphor
"In These, whatever Sense first strikes their Thought, / (Or wrong or right) th' Impression deep is wrought"
Metaphor in Context
But 'tis a Truth the Sex need not be told,
That Men are model'd in a various Mold.
And Some, as old and new Experience finds,
Indued with most perverse unyielding Minds.
In These, whatever Sense first strikes their Thought,
(Or wrong or right) th' Impression deep is wrought;
Dying, They keep the first Resolves They make,
Bound to Opinion, as a Bear to Stake.
If properly the Object strikes his Sight,
'Tis great good Luck, the Obstinate goes right.
But sure the Chance is more than equal found,
That wrong He goes, yet travels round and round.
Submit, intreat, diversify, explain,
Inlarge, confirm, confute: The Task is vain.
To satisfy the Purport of his Will,
Th' Event must follow, be it Good or Ill!
That Men are model'd in a various Mold.
And Some, as old and new Experience finds,
Indued with most perverse unyielding Minds.
In These, whatever Sense first strikes their Thought,
(Or wrong or right) th' Impression deep is wrought;
Dying, They keep the first Resolves They make,
Bound to Opinion, as a Bear to Stake.
If properly the Object strikes his Sight,
'Tis great good Luck, the Obstinate goes right.
But sure the Chance is more than equal found,
That wrong He goes, yet travels round and round.
Submit, intreat, diversify, explain,
Inlarge, confirm, confute: The Task is vain.
To satisfy the Purport of his Will,
Th' Event must follow, be it Good or Ill!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "impression" and "thought" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1739, 1741, 1742, 1795).
See Gualtherus and Griselda: or, the Clerk of Oxford’s Tale. From Boccace, Petrarch, and Chaucer. ... By George Ogle, Esq. (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ESTC>
See also Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, Modernis'd by Several Hands. Publish'd by Mr. Ogle, 3 vols. (London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
See Gualtherus and Griselda: or, the Clerk of Oxford’s Tale. From Boccace, Petrarch, and Chaucer. ... By George Ogle, Esq. (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ESTC>
See also Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, Modernis'd by Several Hands. Publish'd by Mr. Ogle, 3 vols. (London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Theme
First Impression
Date of Entry
05/20/2005
