"Blest be the tribute of those tears, that start / From Friendship's eye, the mirrors of the heart."
— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell, and Sold by C. Dilly, and G. G. J. and J. Robinson [etc.]
Date
w. 1780, 1792
Metaphor
"Blest be the tribute of those tears, that start / From Friendship's eye, the mirrors of the heart."
Metaphor in Context
O Blest! (though Apathy may boast the power
Of unmov'd features in the trying hour)
Blest be the tribute of those tears, that start
From Friendship's eye, the mirrors of the heart!
Of unmov'd features in the trying hour)
Blest be the tribute of those tears, that start
From Friendship's eye, the mirrors of the heart!
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "mirror" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1792).
See Richard Polewhele, ed. Poems, Chiefly by Gentlemen of Devonshire and Cornwall., 2 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1792). <Link to ECCO>
See Richard Polewhele, ed. Poems, Chiefly by Gentlemen of Devonshire and Cornwall., 2 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1792). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
11/21/2005
