A "sacred legacy with time shall last" and "On thankful hearts engrav'd, what thou hast done"
— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Author
Work Title
Date
1767, 1778
Metaphor
A "sacred legacy with time shall last" and "On thankful hearts engrav'd, what thou hast done"
Metaphor in Context
In the calm regions of the righteous rest
Oh, Colston! sacred name! forever blest!
Thou virtuous chief, that mightier deeds hast done,
Than Pompey, Julius, or than Philip's son;
What breathing statues should thy worth relate,
Or muse immortal snatch thy deeds from fate.
Oh man belov'd! oh parent of the poor!
Thy matchless bounty shall thy name secure:
That sacred legacy with time shall last,
Nay shine above the stars, when time is past;
On thankful hearts engrav'd, what thou hast done,
Shall still descend from father down to son.
That oral tale shall unmix'd truth proclaim,
And let my verse bear witness to thy name;
If worthy thee my numbers ought can give,
If worthy thee, my verse may hope to live;
By thee long nourish'd, let my laurel bloom
With vivid verdure, near thy hallow'd tomb.
Oh, Colston! sacred name! forever blest!
Thou virtuous chief, that mightier deeds hast done,
Than Pompey, Julius, or than Philip's son;
What breathing statues should thy worth relate,
Or muse immortal snatch thy deeds from fate.
Oh man belov'd! oh parent of the poor!
Thy matchless bounty shall thy name secure:
That sacred legacy with time shall last,
Nay shine above the stars, when time is past;
On thankful hearts engrav'd, what thou hast done,
Shall still descend from father down to son.
That oral tale shall unmix'd truth proclaim,
And let my verse bear witness to thy name;
If worthy thee my numbers ought can give,
If worthy thee, my verse may hope to live;
By thee long nourish'd, let my laurel bloom
With vivid verdure, near thy hallow'd tomb.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "engrav" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1767, 1773, 1779)
Text from Clifton: A Poem. In Two Cantos. Including Bristol and all its Environs. By the late Henry Jones ... To Which is Added, An Ode to Shakespear, In Honor of the Jubilee. Written by the Same Author. 2nd ed. (London: Printed and Sold by T. Cocking, 1778).
See also Clifton: a Poem, in Two Cantos. Including Bristol and all its Environs. By Henry Jones (Bristol: Printed and Sold by E. Farley and Co.: sold also by the booksellers of Bristol and Bath, 1767). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Clifton: A Poem. In Two Cantos. Including Bristol and all its Environs. By the late Henry Jones ... To Which is Added, An Ode to Shakespear, In Honor of the Jubilee. Written by the Same Author. 2nd ed. (London: Printed and Sold by T. Cocking, 1778).
See also Clifton: a Poem, in Two Cantos. Including Bristol and all its Environs. By Henry Jones (Bristol: Printed and Sold by E. Farley and Co.: sold also by the booksellers of Bristol and Bath, 1767). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
03/08/2005
