Ogle, George (1704-1746)

Constantia: Or, The Man of Law's Tale [from The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, Modernis'd by Several Hands]

London

Printed for J. and R. Tonson

1741

"Unknown, unfriended to the regal Bed; / For in the secret Closet of her Breast, / Constantia her imperial Birth suppress'd"

But Donnegilda, cruel, crafty Dame,
Great Alla's Mother over-fond of Fame,
She, (as all antique Parents, wond'rous Sage!
For Youth project the Inappetence of Age,
Each Sense endearing, and humane, despise,
And on the Mammon feast their down-cast Eyes)
Malevolent beheld a Stranger led,
Unknown, unfriended to the regal Bed;
For in the secret Closet of her Breast,
Constantia her imperial Birth suppress'd,
Till Heav'n shou'd perfect the connubial Band,
And with her Royal Off-spring bless the Land.
Ah! ill tim'd Caution! were this Truth declar'd,
What a vast Cost of future Woe was spar'd,
But where Heav'ns Will th' unequal Cause supplies,
To set the World on Fire, a Spark may well suffice.

Architecture::Closet

Searching "breast" and "closet" in HDIS (Poetry)

At least 6 entries in ESTC (1741, 1742, 1789, 1792, 1795).

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>

09/07/2005