"As river's, by the sun's imbibing ray, / Are in summer quite exhal'd away" so to are "passions when confin'd to selfish love"
— Ruffhead, James
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1746
Metaphor
"As river's, by the sun's imbibing ray, / Are in summer quite exhal'd away" so to are "passions when confin'd to selfish love"
Metaphor in Context
As river's, by the sun's imbibing ray,
Are in a summer quite exhal'd away,
So passions, when confin'd to selfish love,
When this the only point to which they move,
Exhaust the springs of universal good,
And drain the public of its vital blood.
O stain to heav'n to all that heav'n bestows,
Whose boundless love-in boundless bounty-glows.
(p. 7-8, in. 114-5)
Are in a summer quite exhal'd away,
So passions, when confin'd to selfish love,
When this the only point to which they move,
Exhaust the springs of universal good,
And drain the public of its vital blood.
O stain to heav'n to all that heav'n bestows,
Whose boundless love-in boundless bounty-glows.
(p. 7-8, in. 114-5)
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
