"Stampt on my soul, and with my life combin'd, / Is the remembrance of my much-lov'd King"
— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by C. Roworth, for T. Egerton [etc.]
Date
1801
Metaphor
"Stampt on my soul, and with my life combin'd, / Is the remembrance of my much-lov'd King"
Metaphor in Context
"Stampt on my soul, and with my life combin'd,
"Is the remembrance of my much-lov'd King;
"And dear the hours which to my grateful mind
"The splendid image of his virtues bring.
"From this pure source of knightly prowess spring
"All that of promise grac'd my rude essays.
"Thus when the Eaglet tries his feeble wing,
"Led by his princely sire, he learns to raise
"Towards Heaven his ardent glance, and on the sun to gaze.
"Is the remembrance of my much-lov'd King;
"And dear the hours which to my grateful mind
"The splendid image of his virtues bring.
"From this pure source of knightly prowess spring
"All that of promise grac'd my rude essays.
"Thus when the Eaglet tries his feeble wing,
"Led by his princely sire, he learns to raise
"Towards Heaven his ardent glance, and on the sun to gaze.
Categories
Provenance
Searching HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/07/2005
