"For still its own severest judge, / The generous mind appears; / And when it errs, against itself / A dread tribunal rears."
— Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick (1746-1828)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1779, 1794
Metaphor
"For still its own severest judge, / The generous mind appears; / And when it errs, against itself / A dread tribunal rears."
Metaphor in Context
For still its own severest judge,
The generous mind appears;
And when it errs, against itself
A dread tribunal rears.
(Cf. p. 147 in 1779 edition)
The generous mind appears;
And when it errs, against itself
A dread tribunal rears.
(Cf. p. 147 in 1779 edition)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "judge" in HDIS (Poetry); confirmed in ECCO.
Citation
At least 4 entries in ESTC (1779, 1783, 1794, 1800).
See Edwy and Edilda: A Tale. In Five Parts. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1779). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Edwy and Edilda, a Tale, in Five Parts. By the Rev. Thomas Sedgwick Whalley, Author of "A Poem on Mont Blanc," &c. &c. &c. Embellished With Six Fine Engravings, from Original Designs, by a Young Lady. (London: Printed for T. Chapman, Fleet Street; W. Richardson, Royal Exchange; and R. Faulder, Bond Street, 1794). <Link to ESTC>
See Edwy and Edilda: A Tale. In Five Parts. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, 1779). <Link to ESTC>
Text from Edwy and Edilda, a Tale, in Five Parts. By the Rev. Thomas Sedgwick Whalley, Author of "A Poem on Mont Blanc," &c. &c. &c. Embellished With Six Fine Engravings, from Original Designs, by a Young Lady. (London: Printed for T. Chapman, Fleet Street; W. Richardson, Royal Exchange; and R. Faulder, Bond Street, 1794). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
08/31/2004
