"Curse not the king, yea, no not in thy thought, / Nor in thy closet curse the rich for ought."
— Nicol, Alexander (bap. 1703)
Author
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1766
Metaphor
"Curse not the king, yea, no not in thy thought, / Nor in thy closet curse the rich for ought."
Metaphor in Context
Curse not the king, yea, no not in thy thought,
Nor in thy closet curse the rich for ought:
Birds of the air thy voice shall sure reveal,
And what hath wings the matter clear shall tell.
Nor in thy closet curse the rich for ought:
Birds of the air thy voice shall sure reveal,
And what hath wings the matter clear shall tell.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "thought" and "closet" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC and ECCO (1766).
See 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 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
09/06/2005
