"Legion of Sin! in Smiles delusive drest, / Whose loathsome Cell's the grand Deceiver's breast"
— Robertson, James (fl.1768-1788)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Davies ... G. Robinson ... and T. Cadell
Date
1773
Metaphor
"Legion of Sin! in Smiles delusive drest, / Whose loathsome Cell's the grand Deceiver's breast"
Metaphor in Context
Yes, Syren, yes, if black Ingratitude,
(That rankest Fiend of Hell's detested brood,
That pestilential prop of Satan's throne,
In whom all vices are compriz'd in one,
Legion of Sin! in Smiles delusive drest,
Whose loathsome Cell's the grand Deceiver's breast)
Has not already stamp'd you more than Fiend,
These lines shall your polluted heart-strings rend,
Shall make ye groan, nay howl in sad despair,
While Hell's remotest damn'd shall, tremblin
(That rankest Fiend of Hell's detested brood,
That pestilential prop of Satan's throne,
In whom all vices are compriz'd in one,
Legion of Sin! in Smiles delusive drest,
Whose loathsome Cell's the grand Deceiver's breast)
Has not already stamp'd you more than Fiend,
These lines shall your polluted heart-strings rend,
Shall make ye groan, nay howl in sad despair,
While Hell's remotest damn'd shall, tremblin
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry); found again "cell" and "breast"
Citation
At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1773, 1780, 1787).
See Poems on Several Occasions. By J. Robertson. (London: Printed for T. Davies, in Russel-Street; G. Robinson, in Pater-Noster-Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1773). <Link to ESTC>
See Poems on Several Occasions. By J. Robertson. (London: Printed for T. Davies, in Russel-Street; G. Robinson, in Pater-Noster-Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1773). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
04/11/2005
