"So get these lines, and what they do evince, / By heart; and they may give you some impressions, / Both of salvation and of your transgressions."
— Nicol, Alexander (bap. 1703)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1739, 1766
Metaphor
"So get these lines, and what they do evince, / By heart; and they may give you some impressions, / Both of salvation and of your transgressions."
Metaphor in Context
The letters are what every child that learns,
Attains by heart, before he well discerns
The sound of words, or syllabs can pronounce.
So get these lines, and what they do evince,
By heart; and they may give you some impressions,
Both of salvation and of your transgressions;
Of infancy, of childhood, and of youth;
Experience will tell they speak the truth.
And, in old age, when more you come to learn,
The truth of all you'll certainly discern.
(cf. p. 19 in 1739 ed.)
Attains by heart, before he well discerns
The sound of words, or syllabs can pronounce.
So get these lines, and what they do evince,
By heart; and they may give you some impressions,
Both of salvation and of your transgressions;
Of infancy, of childhood, and of youth;
Experience will tell they speak the truth.
And, in old age, when more you come to learn,
The truth of all you'll certainly discern.
(cf. p. 19 in 1739 ed.)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry)' confirmed in ECCO.
Citation
At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1739, 1766).
See Nature's Progress in Poetry, Being a collection of Serious Poems. By Alexander Nicol, Teacher of English at Abernyte. (Edinburgh: Printed by P. Matthie, and sold by Alexander Beck in Perth, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Poems on Several Subjects, Both Comical and Serious. In Two Parts. By Alexander Nicol, Schoolmaster. To Which Are Added, the Experienced Gentleman, and the She Anchoret; Written in Cromwell's Time, by the then Duchess of Newcastle. (Edinburgh: Printed for the author, and James Stark Bookseller in Dundee; and sold by him and the other Booksellers in town and country, 1766). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
See Nature's Progress in Poetry, Being a collection of Serious Poems. By Alexander Nicol, Teacher of English at Abernyte. (Edinburgh: Printed by P. Matthie, and sold by Alexander Beck in Perth, 1739). <Link to ECCO>
Poems on Several Subjects, Both Comical and Serious. In Two Parts. By Alexander Nicol, Schoolmaster. To Which Are Added, the Experienced Gentleman, and the She Anchoret; Written in Cromwell's Time, by the then Duchess of Newcastle. (Edinburgh: Printed for the author, and James Stark Bookseller in Dundee; and sold by him and the other Booksellers in town and country, 1766). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
05/16/2005
