"If Passion rule us, be that passion pride"
— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Author
Work Title
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1783, 1838
Metaphor
"If Passion rule us, be that passion pride"
Metaphor in Context
Cease then that grief, and let those tears subside;
If Passion rule us, be that passion pride;
If Reason, reason bids us strive to raise
Our fallen hearts, and be like him we praise;
Or if Affection still the soul subdue,
Bring all his virtues, all his worth in view,
And let Affection find its comfort too:
For how can Grief so deeply wound the heart,
When Admiration claims so large a part?
If Passion rule us, be that passion pride;
If Reason, reason bids us strive to raise
Our fallen hearts, and be like him we praise;
Or if Affection still the soul subdue,
Bring all his virtues, all his worth in view,
And let Affection find its comfort too:
For how can Grief so deeply wound the heart,
When Admiration claims so large a part?
Provenance
Searching HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1783, 1791).
See The Village: a Poem. In Two Books. By the Revd. George Crabbe, Chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Rutland, &c. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1783). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Text from The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by His Son. In Eight Volumes. (London: John Murray, 1838). <Link to LION>
See The Village: a Poem. In Two Books. By the Revd. George Crabbe, Chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Rutland, &c. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1783). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Text from The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by His Son. In Eight Volumes. (London: John Murray, 1838). <Link to LION>
Theme
Ruling Passion
Date of Entry
06/15/2004
