Ruffhead, James

The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles

London

Printed for the Author

1746

"Of all the passions--that the mind enslave,/ Tarnish the glory of the truly brave,/ The meanest this--of social love the pest, / The worst of Fiends--in fairest colours drest."

Hypocrisy, of god-like man the stain,
Which, in the serpent, first began its reign,
Still widens its dominion every day,
Augments its pow'r, and fortifies its sway;
Like a low rising mist-diffusive spreads,
The master-passion of designing heads;
In ev'ry science, myst'ry, form, and art
Betrays the mask, and shows the double heart;
When most obliging-most delusive proves,
Self-love the spring--that every action moves.
Of all the passions--that the mind enslave,
Tarnish the glory of the truly brave,
The meanest this--of social love the pest,
The worst of Fiends--in fairest colours drest.
(p. 16, in. 63)

Government::Rule and Subjection::Rule of Passion

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>

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