The "gentle Passions" may move obedient still, reason rule, and wisdom guide the will
— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by and for S. Powell
Date
1749
Metaphor
The "gentle Passions" may move obedient still, reason rule, and wisdom guide the will
Metaphor in Context
So we through Life with calm Content should roam,
Endure the Journey, not mistake our Home.
What here we reap is for Refreshment giv'n;
Convenient Stages in our Way to Heav'n:
What Taste of Happiness we find below,
Must from Religion's sacred Fountain flow;
When gentle Passions move obedient still,
And Reason rules, and Wisdom guides the Will.
This Soul-felt calm can ev'ry Ill remove,
And gives an Earnest of the Joys above,
Draws the bright Scene, unfolds the Gates of Bliss,
A Life celestial, and begun in this.
Endure the Journey, not mistake our Home.
What here we reap is for Refreshment giv'n;
Convenient Stages in our Way to Heav'n:
What Taste of Happiness we find below,
Must from Religion's sacred Fountain flow;
When gentle Passions move obedient still,
And Reason rules, and Wisdom guides the Will.
This Soul-felt calm can ev'ry Ill remove,
And gives an Earnest of the Joys above,
Draws the bright Scene, unfolds the Gates of Bliss,
A Life celestial, and begun in this.
Provenance
Searching "rule" and "reason" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1749, 1775).
See Poems on Several Occasions. By Henry Jones. (Dublin: Printed by and for S. Powell, in Crane-Lane, 1749). <Link to ESTC>
See also A Collection of Poems on Divine and Moral Subjects, Selected from Various Authors. By William Giles. (London: Printed by M. Lewis: sold by Buckland, Paternoster Row; Keith, Gracechurch Street; Vallance and Simmons, Cheapside; and Mathews in the Strand, 1775). <Link to ECCO>
See Poems on Several Occasions. By Henry Jones. (Dublin: Printed by and for S. Powell, in Crane-Lane, 1749). <Link to ESTC>
See also A Collection of Poems on Divine and Moral Subjects, Selected from Various Authors. By William Giles. (London: Printed by M. Lewis: sold by Buckland, Paternoster Row; Keith, Gracechurch Street; Vallance and Simmons, Cheapside; and Mathews in the Strand, 1775). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/17/2004
