"His mind to gentler thoughts he tries to move, / and conquer strong renown by stronger love"
— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1784, 1787
Metaphor
"His mind to gentler thoughts he tries to move, / and conquer strong renown by stronger love"
Metaphor in Context
What shall his fears invent, or how control
The generous ardor of the hero's soul?--
His mind to gentler thoughts he tries to move,
And conquer strong renown by stronger love.
The fairest maid of Lydia's glowing dames,
Whose beauteous form the manly youth inflames,
With eastern roses crown'd, is blushing led
In Hymeneal pomp, to Atys' bed.
To cares of empire, and to toils of fight,
Succeed the festal day, and genial night:
Soft Pleasure spreads around her blooming flow'rs,
And wanton Cupid leads the laughing hours.
The generous ardor of the hero's soul?--
His mind to gentler thoughts he tries to move,
And conquer strong renown by stronger love.
The fairest maid of Lydia's glowing dames,
Whose beauteous form the manly youth inflames,
With eastern roses crown'd, is blushing led
In Hymeneal pomp, to Atys' bed.
To cares of empire, and to toils of fight,
Succeed the festal day, and genial night:
Soft Pleasure spreads around her blooming flow'rs,
And wanton Cupid leads the laughing hours.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1784, 1787, 1793, 1794, 1796). [Collected in Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments]
See Shooting, a Poem. (London: Printed by J. Davis, Chancery Lane, for R. Faulder, New Bond Street, London; and Mess. Prince and Cooke, Oxford, 1784). <Link to ESTC>
See also Poems on Various Subjects. By Henry James Pye, 2 vols. (London: John Stockdale, 1787). <Link to ECCO> <Link to vol. ii in Google Books>
See Shooting, a Poem. (London: Printed by J. Davis, Chancery Lane, for R. Faulder, New Bond Street, London; and Mess. Prince and Cooke, Oxford, 1784). <Link to ESTC>
See also Poems on Various Subjects. By Henry James Pye, 2 vols. (London: John Stockdale, 1787). <Link to ECCO> <Link to vol. ii in Google Books>
Date of Entry
02/06/2005
