"Consult the Impression in your Breast, / And own, what all Mankind attest."
— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)
Author
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by R. Marchbank
Date
1772
Metaphor
"Consult the Impression in your Breast, / And own, what all Mankind attest."
Metaphor in Context
In Anna's speaking Eyes we find
Each calm Perfection of the Mind,
And, sparkling with celestial Rays,
Each goodly Disposition plays,
Lodg'd in a Frame, where, often sought,
Envy could never find a Fault.
Such might, to Mortals, Angels prove,
Sent erst on Embassies of Love.
Consult the Impression in your Breast,
And own, what all Mankind attest.
Each calm Perfection of the Mind,
And, sparkling with celestial Rays,
Each goodly Disposition plays,
Lodg'd in a Frame, where, often sought,
Envy could never find a Fault.
Such might, to Mortals, Angels prove,
Sent erst on Embassies of Love.
Consult the Impression in your Breast,
And own, what all Mankind attest.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "impression" 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
05/20/2005
