"Thee, rich Herodes! Honour has enroll'd / For elegance of mind that match'd thy gold:"
— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by A. Strahan ... for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies [etc.]
Date
1800
Metaphor
"Thee, rich Herodes! Honour has enroll'd / For elegance of mind that match'd thy gold:"
Metaphor in Context
Thee, too, with sovereigns not unjustly plac'd
For bright magnificence and liberal taste,
Whose hand well-judging Fortune deign'd to use,
O'er Grecian scenes new lustre to diffuse;
Smiling to see, from Wealth's mysterious springs,
Her private favourite surpassing kings--
Thee, rich Herodes! Honour has enroll'd
For elegance of mind that match'd thy gold:
Exhausted quarries form thy graceful piles;
Thy Venus prais'd thee with victorious smiles.
For bright magnificence and liberal taste,
Whose hand well-judging Fortune deign'd to use,
O'er Grecian scenes new lustre to diffuse;
Smiling to see, from Wealth's mysterious springs,
Her private favourite surpassing kings--
Thee, rich Herodes! Honour has enroll'd
For elegance of mind that match'd thy gold:
Exhausted quarries form thy graceful piles;
Thy Venus prais'd thee with victorious smiles.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "gold" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
05/27/2005
