"Immortal Truth his bosom steels, / And guards him glorious to the goal"
— Cunningham, John (1729-1773)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1771
Metaphor
"Immortal Truth his bosom steels, / And guards him glorious to the goal"
Metaphor in Context
While Prudence guides his chariot wheels,
Thro' Virtue's sacred paths they roll;
Immortal Truth his bosom steels,
And guards him glorious to the goal.
Could Greece, &c.
(p. 185)
Thro' Virtue's sacred paths they roll;
Immortal Truth his bosom steels,
And guards him glorious to the goal.
Could Greece, &c.
(p. 185)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "bosom" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
John Cunningham, Poems, Chiefly Pastoral (London: printed for the author, 1766). <Link to ECCO>
Chadwyck-Healey draws from the second edition of 1771.
See also The poetical works of Jo. Cunningham (London: Printed for, and under the direction of, G. Cawthorn, 1797), 147-8. <Link to Google Books>
Chadwyck-Healey draws from the second edition of 1771.
See also The poetical works of Jo. Cunningham (London: Printed for, and under the direction of, G. Cawthorn, 1797), 147-8. <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/13/2005
Date of Review
10/07/2011
