"Man, in a storm of passions daily whirl'd, / Lives but the jest, and riddle of the world."
— Ruffhead, James
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1746
Metaphor
"Man, in a storm of passions daily whirl'd, / Lives but the jest, and riddle of the world."
Metaphor in Context
Man, in a storm of passions daily whirl'd,
Lives but the jest, and riddle of the world.
Cease, wretches, cease from all pedantic strife
O live ambitious of a nobler life!
In manners, not in reasoning, place your pride!
Explore the truth, and in its charms abide!
Or, with your own dear genius ever smit,
Judgment display, and soften poignant wit!
True wit's the brightest part if solid sense,
The noblest gift - Minerva can dispense,
Whose moving language, from all dross refin'd,
Both charms, delights, and cultivates the mind.
(p. 6, in. 113)
Lives but the jest, and riddle of the world.
Cease, wretches, cease from all pedantic strife
O live ambitious of a nobler life!
In manners, not in reasoning, place your pride!
Explore the truth, and in its charms abide!
Or, with your own dear genius ever smit,
Judgment display, and soften poignant wit!
True wit's the brightest part if solid sense,
The noblest gift - Minerva can dispense,
Whose moving language, from all dross refin'd,
Both charms, delights, and cultivates the mind.
(p. 6, in. 113)
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
