"Is there no Senator, whose soul disdains / To bear about his mind the golden chains / Of base Corruption?"
— Combe, William (1742 -1823)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the author
Date
1777
Metaphor
"Is there no Senator, whose soul disdains / To bear about his mind the golden chains / Of base Corruption?"
Metaphor in Context
L---.
And yet, methinks, some little share of praise
Would smooth the roughness of your rigid lays:
Nor are there wanting those who should receive
The fairest tribute that the Muse can give.
Is there no Peer, who, faithful to the cause
Of injur'd Britain, claims your just applause?
Is there no Senator, whose soul disdains
To bear about his mind the golden chains
Of base Corruption?--In these learned days,
Is there no Prelate who deserves your praise?
(pp. 37-8)
And yet, methinks, some little share of praise
Would smooth the roughness of your rigid lays:
Nor are there wanting those who should receive
The fairest tribute that the Muse can give.
Is there no Peer, who, faithful to the cause
Of injur'd Britain, claims your just applause?
Is there no Senator, whose soul disdains
To bear about his mind the golden chains
Of base Corruption?--In these learned days,
Is there no Prelate who deserves your praise?
(pp. 37-8)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "gold" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "soul;" found again "mind" and "chain"
Citation
William Combe, The Justification (London: 1777). <Link to Google Books><Copy 2>
Date of Entry
05/27/2005
Date of Review
05/26/2011
