"Nature! on thy maternal breast / For ever be his worth engrav'd!"
— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell
Date
1780, 1788
Metaphor
"Nature! on thy maternal breast / For ever be his worth engrav'd!"
Metaphor in Context
Nature! on thy maternal breast
For ever be his worth engrav'd!
Thy bosom only can attest
How many a life his toil has sav'd:
Nor in thy rescued Sons alone,
Great Parent! this thy guardian own!
His arm defends a dearer slave;
Woman, thy darling! 'tis his pride to save[1]
From evils, that surpass the horrors of the grave.
For ever be his worth engrav'd!
Thy bosom only can attest
How many a life his toil has sav'd:
Nor in thy rescued Sons alone,
Great Parent! this thy guardian own!
His arm defends a dearer slave;
Woman, thy darling! 'tis his pride to save[1]
From evils, that surpass the horrors of the grave.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "engrav" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1780, 1781, 1782).
See Ode Inscribed to John Howard: Esq. F.R.S. Author of "the State of English and Foreign Prisons." By William Hayley, Esq. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1780). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Searching text in Poems and Plays, By William Hayley, 6 vols., new ed. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1788).
See Ode Inscribed to John Howard: Esq. F.R.S. Author of "the State of English and Foreign Prisons." By William Hayley, Esq. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1780). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Searching text in Poems and Plays, By William Hayley, 6 vols., new ed. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1788).
Date of Entry
03/09/2005
