Vain doubts and groundless fears tear the foolish bosom and preced the "rising storm"
— Eusden, Laurence (1688-1730)
Author
Place of Publication
Glasgow
Publisher
Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis
Date
1750
Metaphor
Vain doubts and groundless fears tear the foolish bosom and preced the "rising storm"
Metaphor in Context
Look back at least once more, said I,
Thy self in that great glass descry;
When thou art in good humour drest,
When gentle reason rules thy breast,
The sun upon the calmest sea
Appears not half so bright as thee;
'Tis then that with delight I rove
Upon the boundless depth of love;
I bless my chain, I hand my oar,
Nor think on all I left on shore.
But when vain doubts and groundless fear,
Do that dear foolish bosom tear,
When the big lip and wat'ry eye
Tell me the rising storm is nigh;
'Tis then thou art yon angry main,
Deform'd by winds, and dash'd by rain;
And the poor sailor that must try
Its fury, labours less than I.
Shipwreck'd, in vain to land I make,
While love and fate still drive me back;
Forc'd to doat on thee thy own way,
I chide thee first and then obey.
Wretched when from thee, vext when nigh,
I with thee or without thee die.
Thy self in that great glass descry;
When thou art in good humour drest,
When gentle reason rules thy breast,
The sun upon the calmest sea
Appears not half so bright as thee;
'Tis then that with delight I rove
Upon the boundless depth of love;
I bless my chain, I hand my oar,
Nor think on all I left on shore.
But when vain doubts and groundless fear,
Do that dear foolish bosom tear,
When the big lip and wat'ry eye
Tell me the rising storm is nigh;
'Tis then thou art yon angry main,
Deform'd by winds, and dash'd by rain;
And the poor sailor that must try
Its fury, labours less than I.
Shipwreck'd, in vain to land I make,
While love and fate still drive me back;
Forc'd to doat on thee thy own way,
I chide thee first and then obey.
Wretched when from thee, vext when nigh,
I with thee or without thee die.
Categories
Provenance
Searching HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1750).
Text from Hero and Leander: A Poem by Musaeus, Translated from the Greek by L. Eusden (Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, and sold by John Ross, in Edinburgh, 1750). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Hero and Leander: A Poem by Musaeus, Translated from the Greek by L. Eusden (Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, and sold by John Ross, in Edinburgh, 1750). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
06/15/2004
