The parts of the "universal soul" "Instruct, like music, how we should agree"
— Ruffhead, James
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1746
Metaphor
The parts of the "universal soul" "Instruct, like music, how we should agree"
Metaphor in Context
Of all the governments- comil'd by man,
Since the great order of the world began,
Form'd from the ruins of the Grecian states,
The jarring factions-interest creates,
Hail glorious Albion! Albion fully blest,
With one the wisest, noblest, greatest, best,
But free from discord, and domestic strife,
Best answers all th' aspiring views of life,
Like the creation - beautifully mixt,
Whose glory's in the happy medium fixt;
Whose various parts-conspiring to be free,
Instruct, like music, how we shou'd agree,
How every member shou'd assist the whole,
As heav'n inspires the universal soul.
(p. 12, in. 90)
Since the great order of the world began,
Form'd from the ruins of the Grecian states,
The jarring factions-interest creates,
Hail glorious Albion! Albion fully blest,
With one the wisest, noblest, greatest, best,
But free from discord, and domestic strife,
Best answers all th' aspiring views of life,
Like the creation - beautifully mixt,
Whose glory's in the happy medium fixt;
Whose various parts-conspiring to be free,
Instruct, like music, how we shou'd agree,
How every member shou'd assist the whole,
As heav'n inspires the universal soul.
(p. 12, in. 90)
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
