"Subdue but Avarice, you'll find / More wide this Empire of the Mind, / Than could You Libya join to Spain, / And o'er each Carthage Monarch reign."
— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
Date
1757-1759, 1767
Metaphor
"Subdue but Avarice, you'll find / More wide this Empire of the Mind, / Than could You Libya join to Spain, / And o'er each Carthage Monarch reign."
Metaphor in Context
Subdue but Avarice, you'll find
More wide this Empire of the Mind,
Than could You Libya join to Spain,
And o'er each Carthage Monarch reign.
Indulg'd, the Dropsy swells within;
The watry Humour puffs the Skin;
Nor can th'impatient Thirst be quell'd,
Unless the Cause is first expell'd.
More wide this Empire of the Mind,
Than could You Libya join to Spain,
And o'er each Carthage Monarch reign.
Indulg'd, the Dropsy swells within;
The watry Humour puffs the Skin;
Nor can th'impatient Thirst be quell'd,
Unless the Cause is first expell'd.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "empire" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1757, 1767).
The Works of Horace in English verse. By Several Hands. Collected and Published by Mr. Duncombe. With Notes Historical and Critical, 2 vols. (London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1757). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
See also The Works of Horace, in English Verse, by Mr. Duncombe, Sen. J. Duncombe, M.A. and Other Hands. With Notes Historical and Critical. (London: Printed for B. White, in Fleet-Street; T. Becket, and P. A. De Hondt, in the Strand; and W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1767). <Link to ECCO>
The Works of Horace in English verse. By Several Hands. Collected and Published by Mr. Duncombe. With Notes Historical and Critical, 2 vols. (London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1757). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
See also The Works of Horace, in English Verse, by Mr. Duncombe, Sen. J. Duncombe, M.A. and Other Hands. With Notes Historical and Critical. (London: Printed for B. White, in Fleet-Street; T. Becket, and P. A. De Hondt, in the Strand; and W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1767). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/11/2004
Date of Review
10/04/2010
