"'Now on the bosom of the list'ning Youth / 'Impress, engrave the sacred form of Truth"
— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by Luke Hansard for Nornaville and Fell
Date
1806
Metaphor
"'Now on the bosom of the list'ning Youth / 'Impress, engrave the sacred form of Truth"
Metaphor in Context
'Now on the bosom of the list'ning Youth
'Impress, engrave the sacred form of Truth;
'Bid them, as varying life unfolds to view,
'Be still thro' all her scenes to honor true;
'True to the man on Friendship's list enroll'd,
'Th' entrusted secret of his soul untold.
'Woe to that Chief, and blasted be his fame,
'Whose mean soul chills Affection's holy flame;
'Forgetting that he once, with zeal impress'd,
'Drank the pure drops that flow'd from Friendship's breast.
'Impress, engrave the sacred form of Truth;
'Bid them, as varying life unfolds to view,
'Be still thro' all her scenes to honor true;
'True to the man on Friendship's list enroll'd,
'Th' entrusted secret of his soul untold.
'Woe to that Chief, and blasted be his fame,
'Whose mean soul chills Affection's holy flame;
'Forgetting that he once, with zeal impress'd,
'Drank the pure drops that flow'd from Friendship's breast.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "engrav" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from Poems and Plays, by Mr. Jerningham. 4 vols, 9th ed. (London: Printed by Luke Hansard for Nornaville and Fell, 1806).
Date of Entry
03/09/2005
