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"Is prouder yet in sterling worth to shine, / Stamp'd by the friendship of a mind like thine"

— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)

Author

Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)

Work Title

Written in a Seat at Stoke Park, Near the Vicarage-House, Then Inhabited by the Author, and Commanding a Distant View of Windosr Castle. [from Verses on several subjects, written in the vicinity of Stoke Park, in the summer and autumn of 1801. By Henry James Pye]

Place of Publication

London

Publisher

Printed for Cobbett and Morgan [etc.]

Date

1802

Metaphor

"Is prouder yet in sterling worth to shine, / Stamp'd by the friendship of a mind like thine"

Metaphor in Context

Then let me not with sorrowing eye pursue
Past scenes, which long have vanish'd from my view;
But ere of life the fleeting shadows close,
Thankful receive what Fortune yet bestows.
And you, my gen'rous friend, whose princely seat
Gives me from noise and strife a short retreat;
Where I can breathe again the fragrant air,
While days of leisure sweeten months of care;
Spring's blushing flowers, and Summer's fruits behold,
And Autumn's stores of vegetable gold;
Accept these votive numbers, nor refuse
The heartfelt offering of a grateful Muse;
Thanks from a heart, which, while it boasts with pride,
A line to patriots, nobles, kings, allied;
Is prouder yet in sterling worth to shine,
Stamp'd by the friendship of a mind like thine.