"In Reason's Judgement, all would faintly shine, / If not the Lustre of the Soul were thine"
— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)
Author
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by R. Marchbank
Date
1772
Metaphor
"In Reason's Judgement, all would faintly shine, / If not the Lustre of the Soul were thine"
Metaphor in Context
Though on thy Cheek the pure Carnations glow,
Tints lovelier far than Titian's Pencil knew;
Though Grace, and Symmetry thy Figure shew,
Such as Apelles for his Venus drew;
In Reason's Judgement, all would faintly shine,
If not the Lustre of the Soul were thine.
Tints lovelier far than Titian's Pencil knew;
Though Grace, and Symmetry thy Figure shew,
Such as Apelles for his Venus drew;
In Reason's Judgement, all would faintly shine,
If not the Lustre of the Soul were thine.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "judge" and "reason" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
5 entries in the ESTC (1773, 1774, 1772, 1782).
See The Shamrock: or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. (Dublin: Printed by R. Marchbank, 1772). <Link to ECCO> <Link to 1774 edition in Google Books>
See The Shamrock: or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. (Dublin: Printed by R. Marchbank, 1772). <Link to ECCO> <Link to 1774 edition in Google Books>
Date of Entry
09/01/2004
