"For Peace and War succeed by Turns in Love, / And while tempestuous these Emotions roll, / And float with blind Disorder in the Soul."
— Francis, Philip (1708-1773)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1746, 1749
Metaphor
"For Peace and War succeed by Turns in Love, / And while tempestuous these Emotions roll, / And float with blind Disorder in the Soul."
Metaphor in Context
A peevish Boy shall proffer'd Fruit despise;
"Take it, dear Puppy." No, and yet he dies
If you refuse it. Does not this discover
The froward Soul of a discarded Lover,
Thus reasoning with himself? What! when thus slighted
Shall I return, return though uninvited?
Yes, he shall sure return and lingering wait
At the proud Doors he now presumes to hate.
"Shall I not go if she submissive send,
"Or here resolve, my Injuries shall end?
"Expell'd, recall'd, shall I go back again?
"No; let her kneel; for she shall kneel in vain."
When lo! his wily Servant well reply'd,
Think not by Rule and Reason, Sir, to guide
What ne'er by Reason or by Measure move,
For Peace and War succeed by Turns in Love,
And while tempestuous these Emotions roll,
And float with blind Disorder in the Soul,
Who strives to fix them by one certain Rule,
May by right Rule and Reason play the Fool.
"Take it, dear Puppy." No, and yet he dies
If you refuse it. Does not this discover
The froward Soul of a discarded Lover,
Thus reasoning with himself? What! when thus slighted
Shall I return, return though uninvited?
Yes, he shall sure return and lingering wait
At the proud Doors he now presumes to hate.
"Shall I not go if she submissive send,
"Or here resolve, my Injuries shall end?
"Expell'd, recall'd, shall I go back again?
"No; let her kneel; for she shall kneel in vain."
When lo! his wily Servant well reply'd,
Think not by Rule and Reason, Sir, to guide
What ne'er by Reason or by Measure move,
For Peace and War succeed by Turns in Love,
And while tempestuous these Emotions roll,
And float with blind Disorder in the Soul,
Who strives to fix them by one certain Rule,
May by right Rule and Reason play the Fool.
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Citation
Nineteen entries in ESTC (1742, 1743, 1746, 1747, 1749, 1750, 1753, 1756, 1764, 1765, 1778, 1779, 1791, 1794). Francis translated Horace in four volumes. The first two volumes containing Horaces odes, epodes, and "Carmen Seculare" were issued together in 1743; Vol III, containing the satires, and IV, containing the epistles and Horace's "Art of Poetry," were issued in 1746.
See The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace. In Latin and English. With Critical Notes Collected from his best Latin and French commentators. By the Revd. Mr. Philip Francis, 2 vols. (London: Printed for A. Millar). <Link to Vol. I in ECCO><Link to Vol. II>
Also A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace: with the Original Text, and Notes Collected from the Best Latin and French Commentators on that Author. By the Revd Mr. Philip Francis (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1746). <Link to Vol. III in ECCO><Link to Vol. IV in ECCO>
Text from A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, With the Original Text, and Critical Notes Collected from his Best Latin and French Commentators. By the Revd Mr. Philip Francis, 3rd edition, 4 vols. (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749).
See The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace. In Latin and English. With Critical Notes Collected from his best Latin and French commentators. By the Revd. Mr. Philip Francis, 2 vols. (London: Printed for A. Millar). <Link to Vol. I in ECCO><Link to Vol. II>
Also A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace: with the Original Text, and Notes Collected from the Best Latin and French Commentators on that Author. By the Revd Mr. Philip Francis (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1746). <Link to Vol. III in ECCO><Link to Vol. IV in ECCO>
Text from A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, With the Original Text, and Critical Notes Collected from his Best Latin and French Commentators. By the Revd Mr. Philip Francis, 3rd edition, 4 vols. (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749).
Date of Entry
06/15/2004
