"Proud may he be who nobly acts his part, / Who boasts the empire of each subject's heart."
— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1790, 1806
Metaphor
"Proud may he be who nobly acts his part, / Who boasts the empire of each subject's heart."
Metaphor in Context
Yet let Ambition hold a temp'rate sway,
When Virtue rules--'tis Rapture to obey;
Man can but reign his transitory hour,
And love may bind--when fear has lost its pow'r.
Proud may he be who nobly acts his part,
Who boasts the empire of each subject's heart,
Whose worth exulting millions shall approve,
Whose richest treasure--is a Nation's Love.
(Cf. p. 15 in 1790 printing)
When Virtue rules--'tis Rapture to obey;
Man can but reign his transitory hour,
And love may bind--when fear has lost its pow'r.
Proud may he be who nobly acts his part,
Who boasts the empire of each subject's heart,
Whose worth exulting millions shall approve,
Whose richest treasure--is a Nation's Love.
(Cf. p. 15 in 1790 printing)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry); stanza also found in The Beauties of Mr. Robinson (1791), pp. 44-5. <Link to ECCO>
Citation
Text from The Poetical Works of the Late Mrs Mary Robinson: Including Many Pieces Never Before Published. 3 vols. (London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806). <Link to vol. I in Google Books><Vol. II><Vol. III>
See Ainsi Va Le Monde, a Poem. Inscribed to Robert Merry, Esq. A. M. Member of the Royal Academy of Florence; and Author of the Laurel of Liberty and the Della Crusca Poems. By Laura Maria. (London: Printed by John Bell, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at the British Library, 1790).<Link to ECCO>
See also The Beauties of Mr. Robinson (1791), pp. 44-5. <Link to ECCO>
See Ainsi Va Le Monde, a Poem. Inscribed to Robert Merry, Esq. A. M. Member of the Royal Academy of Florence; and Author of the Laurel of Liberty and the Della Crusca Poems. By Laura Maria. (London: Printed by John Bell, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at the British Library, 1790).<Link to ECCO>
See also The Beauties of Mr. Robinson (1791), pp. 44-5. <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
08/22/2004
