"The soft parental rapture, fond embrace, / Kind gratulation, smile of filial love, / All form a deep impression"
— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the author, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson
Date
1787
Metaphor
"The soft parental rapture, fond embrace, / Kind gratulation, smile of filial love, / All form a deep impression"
Metaphor in Context
Now Mizpeh's native spires salute the eye;
While Jephthah's bosom swells with glowing thought,
The soft parental rapture, fond embrace,
Kind gratulation, smile of filial love,
All form a deep impression; quick his soul
Dissolves in pleasing imag'ry. Arriv'd!
Behold his gates are widely thrown; the song
Of joy is louder, with the clarion shrill,
The cymbal, psalter, and the fav'rite harp.
While Jephthah's bosom swells with glowing thought,
The soft parental rapture, fond embrace,
Kind gratulation, smile of filial love,
All form a deep impression; quick his soul
Dissolves in pleasing imag'ry. Arriv'd!
Behold his gates are widely thrown; the song
Of joy is louder, with the clarion shrill,
The cymbal, psalter, and the fav'rite harp.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1787).
See Poems, on Various Subjects, by Ann Yearsley. (London: Printed for the author, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787). <Link to ESTC><Link to LION>
See Poems, on Various Subjects, by Ann Yearsley. (London: Printed for the author, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787). <Link to ESTC><Link to LION>
Date of Entry
05/17/2005
