"Reason, (weak empress of the mind) / To passion had the helm consign'd"
— Steele, Anne (1717-1778)
Author
Place of Publication
Bristol
Publisher
Printed by W. Pine. Sold by T. Cadell, T. Mills, and T. Evans; and by J. Buckland ... and J. Johnson [etc.]
Date
1780
Metaphor
"Reason, (weak empress of the mind) / To passion had the helm consign'd"
Metaphor in Context
Faith, scarce discern'd a glimpse of light,
Hope languish'd with dejected eye,
Reason, (weak empress of the mind)
To passion had the helm consign'd,
Loud was the storm and dark the night,
But thy supporting, guardian hand was nigh.
Hope languish'd with dejected eye,
Reason, (weak empress of the mind)
To passion had the helm consign'd,
Loud was the storm and dark the night,
But thy supporting, guardian hand was nigh.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1780).
Anne Steele, Miscellaneous pieces, in Verse and Prose, by Theodosia, ed. Caleb Evans (Bristol: Printed by W. Pine. Sold by T. Cadell, T. Mills, and T. Evans; - and by J. Buckland and J. Johnson, 1780). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Anne Steele, Miscellaneous pieces, in Verse and Prose, by Theodosia, ed. Caleb Evans (Bristol: Printed by W. Pine. Sold by T. Cadell, T. Mills, and T. Evans; - and by J. Buckland and J. Johnson, 1780). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
04/18/2006
