Ruffhead, James

The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles

London

Printed for the Author

1746

"As the grave sage, who studies to explore, / Some cause phaenonimous--unknown before, / With patience waits--revolving in his mind / The vast events--attending human kind, / Till some propitious star his soul inspires, / And gives the great solution he requires."

As the grave sage, who studies to explore,
Some cause phaenonimous--unknown before,
With patience waits--revolving in his mind
The vast events--attending human kind,
Till some propitious star his soul inspires,
And gives the great solution he requires;
So, when a nation's delug'd o'er with vice,
And every reigning passion has its price,
The good and pious, heav'n's endearing train
Desert its crimes, and court the sylvan scene,
There elevate the thoughts to joys above,
And wait serene the final ends of Jove,
Whose wisdom brings the most obscure to light,
Yet hides his councils in eternal night.
(pp. 19-20, in. 97-8)

Physics::Solar System::Star Motion::Revolving

Gale's Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO).

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>

01/06/2004