Griefs may "alternate o'er the bosom reign"
— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Date
1754, 1793
Metaphor
Griefs may "alternate o'er the bosom reign"
Metaphor in Context
Once fair she flourish'd, nature's joy and pride,
But droop'd and wither'd, when a father dy'd.
Severe extremes of tenderness and woe,
When love and virtue mourn one common blow;
When griefs alternate o'er the bosom reign,
And ev'ry sense, and ev'ry thought is pain!
Here nature triumph'd, on her throne sublime,
And mock'd each pigmy muse of later time;
Till Shakespeare touch'd the soul with all her smart,
And stamp'd her living image on the heart.
But droop'd and wither'd, when a father dy'd.
Severe extremes of tenderness and woe,
When love and virtue mourn one common blow;
When griefs alternate o'er the bosom reign,
And ev'ry sense, and ev'ry thought is pain!
Here nature triumph'd, on her throne sublime,
And mock'd each pigmy muse of later time;
Till Shakespeare touch'd the soul with all her smart,
And stamp'd her living image on the heart.
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1754, 1756, 1793).
See Poems on Several Occasions. By Thomas Blacklock, Student of Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. (Edinburgh: Printed by Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, 1754). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Poems by the Late Reverend Dr. Thomas Blacklock; Together With an Essay on the Education of the Blind. To Which Is Prefixed a New Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. (Edinburgh: Printed by Alexander Chapman and Company; sold by W. Creech, Edinburgh, and T. Cadell, London, 1793). <Link to ESTC>
See Poems on Several Occasions. By Thomas Blacklock, Student of Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. (Edinburgh: Printed by Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, 1754). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Poems by the Late Reverend Dr. Thomas Blacklock; Together With an Essay on the Education of the Blind. To Which Is Prefixed a New Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. (Edinburgh: Printed by Alexander Chapman and Company; sold by W. Creech, Edinburgh, and T. Cadell, London, 1793). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
04/07/2005
