"This then's the first great law by Nature giv'n, / Stamp'd on our souls, and ratify'd by Heav'n"
— Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787); Browne, Isaac Hawkins (1706-1760)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1761, 1790
Metaphor
"This then's the first great law by Nature giv'n, / Stamp'd on our souls, and ratify'd by Heav'n"
Metaphor in Context
This then's the first great law by Nature giv'n,
Stamp'd on our souls, and ratify'd by Heav'n;
All from utility this law approve,
As ev'ry private bliss must spring from social love.
Stamp'd on our souls, and ratify'd by Heav'n;
All from utility this law approve,
As ev'ry private bliss must spring from social love.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "stamp" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1761, 1770, 1790, 1793).
See Miscellaneous Pieces, in Two Volumes. ... . Containing Poems, Translations, and Essays. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, at Tully's Head, in Pall Mall, 1761).<Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of Soame Jenyns ... In Four Volumes. Including Several Pieces Never Before Published. To Which are Prefixed, Short Sketches of the History of the Author's Family, and also of his Life; By Charles Nalson Cole (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1790).
See Miscellaneous Pieces, in Two Volumes. ... . Containing Poems, Translations, and Essays. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, at Tully's Head, in Pall Mall, 1761).<Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of Soame Jenyns ... In Four Volumes. Including Several Pieces Never Before Published. To Which are Prefixed, Short Sketches of the History of the Author's Family, and also of his Life; By Charles Nalson Cole (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1790).
Date of Entry
04/08/2005
