When Reason dwells in the heart it is "Wisdom's cell"
— Lovibond, Edward (bap. 1723, d. 1775)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1785
Metaphor
When Reason dwells in the heart it is "Wisdom's cell"
Metaphor in Context
Pure reason, yes; pure truth--but why,
Ah why! rebellious heart declare,
With flattering pulse and stifled sigh,
That other tenants harbour there?
Go--tranquil Hope, by turns to dwell,
Expelling Reason Pleasures court,
Expelling Passion Wisdom's cell:
Go--Reason's, Passion's mutual sport.
Vain dreamer!--rather both revere,
But neither's sole dominion own:
When Heaven assign'd to each their sphere,
It never meant excluding one:
Excluding which?--objections wait
On vain pretensions either forms;
Alike to life's salubrious state
Ye both are fatal--calms and storms.
Ah why! rebellious heart declare,
With flattering pulse and stifled sigh,
That other tenants harbour there?
Go--tranquil Hope, by turns to dwell,
Expelling Reason Pleasures court,
Expelling Passion Wisdom's cell:
Go--Reason's, Passion's mutual sport.
Vain dreamer!--rather both revere,
But neither's sole dominion own:
When Heaven assign'd to each their sphere,
It never meant excluding one:
Excluding which?--objections wait
On vain pretensions either forms;
Alike to life's salubrious state
Ye both are fatal--calms and storms.
Categories
Provenance
Found again searching "reason" and "cell" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ECCO and ESTC (1785).
See Poems on Several Occasions. By the Late Edward Lovibond, Esq. (London: printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1785). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
See Poems on Several Occasions. By the Late Edward Lovibond, Esq. (London: printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1785). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/26/2004
