"Of all the frenzy that enslaves the mind, / Ambition--thus to rule--is sure the worst."
— Ruffhead, James
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1746
Metaphor
"Of all the frenzy that enslaves the mind, / Ambition--thus to rule--is sure the worst."
Metaphor in Context
Of all the vice to which the man'd inclin'd,
Of all the frenzy that enslaves the mind,
Ambition--thus to rule--is sure the worst,
By Jove--with disappointment--justly curst,
O blest ambition that can live serene!
Can frighten factions from so black a scene!
A nation-from the scourge of bondage-save!
And vindicate its glories from the grave!
In such-the purest, noblest blood appears,
And to his country-Such the man endears.
(pp. 8-9, in. 55-6)
Of all the frenzy that enslaves the mind,
Ambition--thus to rule--is sure the worst,
By Jove--with disappointment--justly curst,
O blest ambition that can live serene!
Can frighten factions from so black a scene!
A nation-from the scourge of bondage-save!
And vindicate its glories from the grave!
In such-the purest, noblest blood appears,
And to his country-Such the man endears.
(pp. 8-9, in. 55-6)
Categories
Provenance
Gale's Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO).
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1746, 1747).
James Ruffhead, The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles (London: Printed for the Author, 1746). <Link to ECCO>
James Ruffhead, The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles (London: Printed for the Author, 1746). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
01/06/2004
Date of Review
08/12/2012
