"She [the goddess of mirth], whose fair throne is fix'd in human souls, / From joy to joy her eye delighted rolls."
— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Evans
Date
1761, 1777
Metaphor
"She [the goddess of mirth], whose fair throne is fix'd in human souls, / From joy to joy her eye delighted rolls."
Metaphor in Context
The goddess summons each illustrious name,
Bids the gay talk, and forms th' amusive game.
She, whose fair throne is fix'd in human souls,
From joy to joy her eye delighted rolls.
But where (she cry'd) is she, my fav'rite! she,
Of all my race, the dearest far to me!
Whose life's the life of each refin'd delight?
She said--But no Tyrconnel glads her fight.
Swift sunk her laughing eyes in languid fear;
Swift rose the swelling sigh, and trembling tear.
In kind, low murmurs all the loss deplore;
Tyrconnel droops, and pleasure is no more.
Bids the gay talk, and forms th' amusive game.
She, whose fair throne is fix'd in human souls,
From joy to joy her eye delighted rolls.
But where (she cry'd) is she, my fav'rite! she,
Of all my race, the dearest far to me!
Whose life's the life of each refin'd delight?
She said--But no Tyrconnel glads her fight.
Swift sunk her laughing eyes in languid fear;
Swift rose the swelling sigh, and trembling tear.
In kind, low murmurs all the loss deplore;
Tyrconnel droops, and pleasure is no more.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "soul" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least entries in ECCO and ESTC (1761, 1765, 1775, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1790, 1792). [Collected in Miscellaneous Pieces of Poetry (1765), Pearch's miscellany (1775), and The Cabinet of Genius (1787, 1792).]
See Various Poems. The Wanderer, a Moral Poem. The Triumph of Mirth and Health. And The Bastard. By the Late Richard Savage, Esq. To Which Is Prefixed a Preface, Giving Some Account of Them. (London : printed for J. Turner, near the Tower; and sold by all booksellers in town and country, 1761).
Text from The Works of Richard Savage, new edition, 2 vols. (London: T. Evans, 1777).
See also The Works of Richard Savage, Esq. Son of the Earl Rivers. With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Samuel Johnson, LL.D 2 vols. (London: Printed for T. Evans, 1775), ii, p. 99ff. <Link to ECCO>
See Various Poems. The Wanderer, a Moral Poem. The Triumph of Mirth and Health. And The Bastard. By the Late Richard Savage, Esq. To Which Is Prefixed a Preface, Giving Some Account of Them. (London : printed for J. Turner, near the Tower; and sold by all booksellers in town and country, 1761).
Text from The Works of Richard Savage, new edition, 2 vols. (London: T. Evans, 1777).
See also The Works of Richard Savage, Esq. Son of the Earl Rivers. With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Samuel Johnson, LL.D 2 vols. (London: Printed for T. Evans, 1775), ii, p. 99ff. <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/30/2004
Date of Review
04/27/2012
