If Reason rule us, it "bids us strive to raise / Our fallen hearts, and be like him we praise"
— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Author
Work Title
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1783, 1838
Metaphor
If Reason rule us, it "bids us strive to raise / Our fallen hearts, and be like him we praise"
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 "rule" and "reason" in 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
