"When reason rules, what glory does ensue."
— Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley [née Lady Mary Pierrepont] (1689-1762)
Place of Publication
London
Date
1751, 1768
Metaphor
"When reason rules, what glory does ensue."
Metaphor in Context
Two great examples have been shewn to-day,
To what sure ruin passion does betray;
What long repentance to short joys is due;
When reason rules, what glory does ensue.
To what sure ruin passion does betray;
What long repentance to short joys is due;
When reason rules, what glory does ensue.
Provenance
Searching "rule" and "reason" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 9 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1751, 1755, 1757, 1765, 1768, 1773, 1775, 1781, 1789).
Text from The Poetical Works Of the Right Honourable Lady M---y W---y M---e. (London: Printed for J. Williams, 1768). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Poetical Works Of the Right Honourable Lady M---y W---y M---e. (London: Printed for J. Williams, 1768). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
06/21/2004
Date of Review
06/27/2011
