Words may make the soul glow with rapture
— Ruffhead, James
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1746
Metaphor
Words may make the soul glow with rapture
Metaphor in Context
Thus spoke the vision, fleeting as it spoke,
And from a trance the reverence sage awoke.
To words - as sweet as music tun'd his tongue,
Such words - as unto heav'nly minds belong,
To words - as soft as falls descending snow,
To words - that make the soul with rapture glow,
To words - that charm away the rage of life,
A world of discord - and a world or strife,
To words - that soon reclaim'd the tyrant's lust,
And fixt his passions - in the good and just,
In public glory, and in public good,
Averse from rapine, fraud, and spilling blood.
(pp. 9-10, in. 87-8)
And from a trance the reverence sage awoke.
To words - as sweet as music tun'd his tongue,
Such words - as unto heav'nly minds belong,
To words - as soft as falls descending snow,
To words - that make the soul with rapture glow,
To words - that charm away the rage of life,
A world of discord - and a world or strife,
To words - that soon reclaim'd the tyrant's lust,
And fixt his passions - in the good and just,
In public glory, and in public good,
Averse from rapine, fraud, and spilling blood.
(pp. 9-10, in. 87-8)
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
