Truth is the "Great queen of harmony ... whose moral scepter rules the hearts of kings"
— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Author
Place of Publication
London and Dublin
Publisher
Re-printed for William Whitestone
Date
1758
Metaphor
Truth is the "Great queen of harmony ... whose moral scepter rules the hearts of kings"
Metaphor in Context
Ye Britons join with heart, with voice unite,
'Tis Wisdom calls you forth, and native Right;
Let future deeds your present crimes efface,
Your fleets and armies that bring back disgrace,
Council's o'erthrown by Caution's ghastly dreams,
Orders rejected, unattempted schemes:
O blot--for ever blot the hateful page,
Quick cancel, Time, the ignominious age
From out thy records--See, a train appears!
Of British worthies, and of glorious years!
See Time (by Virtue led) o'er Albion smile,
Returning Justice bless once more the isle;
Exulting Commerce issuing from the main,
And Britain's thunder shake the poles again:
See Truth ascend her adamantine throne,
Despotic Truth, eternal, and alone;
Parent of Wisdom, whose unbounded sway
The Virtues bend to and the Worlds obey;
Great queen of harmony, whence order springs,
Whose moral scepter rules the hearts of kings,
Before thy throne with Concord's emblems grac'd,
See all the Virtues in their order plac'd:
Hail, sacred Truth, O stretch thy ancient reign
O'er Britain's kindred isle, call back again
Her golden age of plenty, pow'r and wealth,
Her honour, temperance, fortitude and health,
Her justice, courage, conquest and renown,
Let tyrants start, and tremble at her frown,
New brace her arm, her trident's strength restore,
Hark! hark! her thunder shakes yon hostile shore;
Around the globe her dreaded flag display,
Let ocean's utmost bounds her flag obey;
Her crimson cross invincible let fly
Above the waves, triumphant in the sky.
'Tis done; see direful Fraud, see Discord bound,
See hell-born Faction gasping on the ground,
See bloated Luxury with famish'd jaws,
See curs'd Corruption with her gilded claws,
See pois'nous Perfidy with patriot air,
See venal Villainy, see mad Despair,
A ghastly groupe! in fell confusion lie
Beneath thy aweful frown, O Truth, and die.
'Tis Wisdom calls you forth, and native Right;
Let future deeds your present crimes efface,
Your fleets and armies that bring back disgrace,
Council's o'erthrown by Caution's ghastly dreams,
Orders rejected, unattempted schemes:
O blot--for ever blot the hateful page,
Quick cancel, Time, the ignominious age
From out thy records--See, a train appears!
Of British worthies, and of glorious years!
See Time (by Virtue led) o'er Albion smile,
Returning Justice bless once more the isle;
Exulting Commerce issuing from the main,
And Britain's thunder shake the poles again:
See Truth ascend her adamantine throne,
Despotic Truth, eternal, and alone;
Parent of Wisdom, whose unbounded sway
The Virtues bend to and the Worlds obey;
Great queen of harmony, whence order springs,
Whose moral scepter rules the hearts of kings,
Before thy throne with Concord's emblems grac'd,
See all the Virtues in their order plac'd:
Hail, sacred Truth, O stretch thy ancient reign
O'er Britain's kindred isle, call back again
Her golden age of plenty, pow'r and wealth,
Her honour, temperance, fortitude and health,
Her justice, courage, conquest and renown,
Let tyrants start, and tremble at her frown,
New brace her arm, her trident's strength restore,
Hark! hark! her thunder shakes yon hostile shore;
Around the globe her dreaded flag display,
Let ocean's utmost bounds her flag obey;
Her crimson cross invincible let fly
Above the waves, triumphant in the sky.
'Tis done; see direful Fraud, see Discord bound,
See hell-born Faction gasping on the ground,
See bloated Luxury with famish'd jaws,
See curs'd Corruption with her gilded claws,
See pois'nous Perfidy with patriot air,
See venal Villainy, see mad Despair,
A ghastly groupe! in fell confusion lie
Beneath thy aweful frown, O Truth, and die.
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1758).
The Patriot Enterprize: Or An Address to Britain. A Poem. Inscribed to the Right Hon. William Pitt, &c. &c. By Mr. Jones ... To which is added, the Prussian Campaign, A Poem. Celebrating The Atchievements of Frederick the Great, in the Years 1756-57. By William Dobson (London and Dubling: Re-printed for William Whitestone, 1758). <Link to ESTC>
The Patriot Enterprize: Or An Address to Britain. A Poem. Inscribed to the Right Hon. William Pitt, &c. &c. By Mr. Jones ... To which is added, the Prussian Campaign, A Poem. Celebrating The Atchievements of Frederick the Great, in the Years 1756-57. By William Dobson (London and Dubling: Re-printed for William Whitestone, 1758). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
09/14/2009
