"Your poet shall allot your Lord his part, / And paint him in his noblest throne--your heart."
— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Place of Publication
London
Date
1731-1732, 1777
Metaphor
"Your poet shall allot your Lord his part, / And paint him in his noblest throne--your heart."
Metaphor in Context
Great Princess! 'tis decreed--once ev'ry year
I march uncall'd your Laureat Volunteer;
Thus shall your poet his low genius raise,
And charm the world with truths too vast for praise.
Nor need I dwell on glories all your own,
Since surer means to tempt your smiles are known;
Your poet shall allot your Lord his part,
And paint him in his noblest throne--your heart.
I march uncall'd your Laureat Volunteer;
Thus shall your poet his low genius raise,
And charm the world with truths too vast for praise.
Nor need I dwell on glories all your own,
Since surer means to tempt your smiles are known;
Your poet shall allot your Lord his part,
And paint him in his noblest throne--your heart.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry); confirmed in ECCO
Citation
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1732, 1777, 1780, 1777, 1790).
The first of five such "volunteer" birthday poems. See The Volunteer Laureat. A Poem. Most Humbly Address'd to Her Majesty on Her Birth-Day. By Richard Savage, Esq. (London: Printed for John Watts at the Printing Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1732). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of Richard Savage ... With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Samuel Johnson. A New Edition (London: Printed for T. Evans, 1777). <Link to LION>
The first of five such "volunteer" birthday poems. See The Volunteer Laureat. A Poem. Most Humbly Address'd to Her Majesty on Her Birth-Day. By Richard Savage, Esq. (London: Printed for John Watts at the Printing Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1732). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Works of Richard Savage ... With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Samuel Johnson. A New Edition (London: Printed for T. Evans, 1777). <Link to LION>
Date of Entry
08/09/2004
