"Peace and Hope, sweet twins of Virtue, / Shall be strangers to thy breast"

— Colvill, Robert (d. 1788)

Author

Colvill, Robert (d. 1788)

Work Title

The Albion Princess. [from The Poetical Works of the Revd. Mr. Colvill Containing his Pastorals, Occasional Poems, and Elegies on Illustrious persons. Vol. I & II]

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Sold by J. Dodsley, A. Donaldson, W. Creech, C. Elliot &c.
Date
1789
Metaphor
"Peace and Hope, sweet twins of Virtue, / Shall be strangers to thy breast"
Metaphor in Context
Peace and Hope, sweet twins of Virtue,
Shall be strangers to thy breast:
Fell Despair, with Terror's wild crew,
Still shall rob thy couch of rest.
Round thy sceptre, gain'd by treason,
Guile and factious strife shall twine:
Base Dishonour, with full blazon,
Crown that shameless head of thine.
Categories
Population::Stranger
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "stranger" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/05/2006

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.