The soul to passion may yield her throne and see "with organs not her own"
— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Date
1744, 1756
Metaphor
The soul to passion may yield her throne and see "with organs not her own"
Metaphor in Context
"Hence is the frame of health unbraced,
"Each sinew slackening at the taste;
"The soul to passion yields her throne,
"And sees with organs not her own;
"While, like the slumberer in the night,
"Pleased with the shadowy dream of light,
"Before her alienated eyes,
"The scenes of fairy land arise;
"The puppet world's amusing show,
"Dipt in the gayly colour'd bow,
"Scepters, and wreaths, and glittering things,
"The toys of infants, and of kings,
"That tempt, along the baneful plain,
"The idly wise, and lightly vain;
"Till verging on the gulphy shore,
"Sudden they sink, and rise no more
"Each sinew slackening at the taste;
"The soul to passion yields her throne,
"And sees with organs not her own;
"While, like the slumberer in the night,
"Pleased with the shadowy dream of light,
"Before her alienated eyes,
"The scenes of fairy land arise;
"The puppet world's amusing show,
"Dipt in the gayly colour'd bow,
"Scepters, and wreaths, and glittering things,
"The toys of infants, and of kings,
"That tempt, along the baneful plain,
"The idly wise, and lightly vain;
"Till verging on the gulphy shore,
"Sudden they sink, and rise no more
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "soul" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "passion"
Citation
At least 31 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1744, 1746, 1749, 1754, 1766, 1771, 1773, 1775, 1778, 1782, 1783, 1787, 1790, 1795, 1798, 1799, 1800).
See Fables for the Female Sex. (London: Printed for R. Francklin, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, 1744). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Poems, Fables, and Plays, By Edward Moore. (London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1756). <Link to ESTC>
See Fables for the Female Sex. (London: Printed for R. Francklin, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, 1744). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Poems, Fables, and Plays, By Edward Moore. (London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1756). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/28/2004
