"Truth stamps conviction in the mind, / All doubts and fears are left behind, / And peace and joy at once an entrance find."
— Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1745
Metaphor
"Truth stamps conviction in the mind, / All doubts and fears are left behind, / And peace and joy at once an entrance find."
Metaphor in Context
But, O how happy are the few,
Who place it in its proper view!
To these it shines divinely bright,
No clouds obscure its native light;
Truth stamps conviction in the mind,<
All doubts and fears are left behind,
And peace and joy at once an entrance find.
(p. 193 in 1745 ed.)
Who place it in its proper view!
To these it shines divinely bright,
No clouds obscure its native light;
Truth stamps conviction in the mind,<
All doubts and fears are left behind,
And peace and joy at once an entrance find.
(p. 193 in 1745 ed.)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
See Trifles: Viz. the Toy-shop. The King and the Miller of Mansfield. The Blind Beggar of Bethnal-Green. ... With Several Others, Not More Considerable. By R. Dodsley. (London: [s.n.], 1745). <Link to Google Books> <Link to ECCO>
Dodsley's Trifles were first published in 1745 in one volume. James Dodsley seems to have issued so-called "second" editions in 1771 and in 1777. The second volume of Trifles contains works written after 1745. I count 5 entries in the ESTC (1745, 1771, 1777)
I have taken my text from the edition of Trifles, issued in 1777 <Link to ECCO> and checked metaphors against the 1745 edition.
Dodsley's Trifles were first published in 1745 in one volume. James Dodsley seems to have issued so-called "second" editions in 1771 and in 1777. The second volume of Trifles contains works written after 1745. I count 5 entries in the ESTC (1745, 1771, 1777)
I have taken my text from the edition of Trifles, issued in 1777 <Link to ECCO> and checked metaphors against the 1745 edition.
Date of Entry
04/07/2005
