"Seamen have hearts of gold, sir, / Peace or in war, alike we show / Englishmen stout and bold, sir."
— Stevens, George Alexander (1710?-1784)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Williams [etc.]
Date
1767
Metaphor
"Seamen have hearts of gold, sir, / Peace or in war, alike we show / Englishmen stout and bold, sir."
Metaphor in Context
First SONG.
To the Tune, Early one Morn, &c.
[I.]
Early and late, aloft and alow,
Seamen have hearts of gold, sir,
Peace or in war, alike we show
Englishmen stout and bold, sir.
Fighting or drinking stick to our post,
Behave as becomes our station,
Come, jolly hearts, about with my toast,
Success to the English nation.
II.
Coxcombs at home may lounge about,
Like ginger-bread dolls their rigging,
Then they are band-box'd to this lady's rout,
And that lady's gossipping jigging.
Fair weather sparks oft rule the roast,
Because they palavour in fashion,
But may such fellows be overboard tost,
Then huzza to the English nation.
To the Tune, Early one Morn, &c.
[I.]
Early and late, aloft and alow,
Seamen have hearts of gold, sir,
Peace or in war, alike we show
Englishmen stout and bold, sir.
Fighting or drinking stick to our post,
Behave as becomes our station,
Come, jolly hearts, about with my toast,
Success to the English nation.
II.
Coxcombs at home may lounge about,
Like ginger-bread dolls their rigging,
Then they are band-box'd to this lady's rout,
And that lady's gossipping jigging.
Fair weather sparks oft rule the roast,
Because they palavour in fashion,
But may such fellows be overboard tost,
Then huzza to the English nation.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "gold" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
05/25/2005
