"Oft tho' thy genius, Darwin! amply fraught / With native wealth, explore new worlds of mind; / Whence the bright ores of drossless wisdom brought, / Stampt by the Muse's hand, enrich mankind"
— Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Johnson
Date
1789, 1791, 1799
Metaphor
"Oft tho' thy genius, Darwin! amply fraught / With native wealth, explore new worlds of mind; / Whence the bright ores of drossless wisdom brought, / Stampt by the Muse's hand, enrich mankind"
Metaphor in Context
Oft tho' thy genius, Darwin! amply fraught
With native wealth, explore new worlds of mind;
Whence the bright ores of drossless wisdom brought,
Stampt by the Muse's hand, enrich mankind;
With native wealth, explore new worlds of mind;
Whence the bright ores of drossless wisdom brought,
Stampt by the Muse's hand, enrich mankind;
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Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 13 entries in the ESTC (1789, 1790, 1791, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1799).
Text from The Botanic Garden, a Poem. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation, Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes. 4th ed. (London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1799).
See The Botanic Garden, Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants, a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. Volume the Second. (Lichfield : printed by J. Jackson. Sold by J. Johnson, St. Paul’s Church Yard, London: M,DCC,LXXXIX. (entered at Stationers Hall.), [1789]). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Botanic Garden, a Poem. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation, Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes. 4th ed. (London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1799).
See The Botanic Garden, Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants, a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. Volume the Second. (Lichfield : printed by J. Jackson. Sold by J. Johnson, St. Paul’s Church Yard, London: M,DCC,LXXXIX. (entered at Stationers Hall.), [1789]). <Link to ESTC>
Theme
Microcosm
Date of Entry
07/18/2005
