"Oh! had [Heaven] stamp'd upon the human mind / The mild forbearance, and the love unfeign'd"
— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Wright ... for Lackington, Allen, and Co. [etc.]
Date
1807-8
Metaphor
"Oh! had [Heaven] stamp'd upon the human mind / The mild forbearance, and the love unfeign'd"
Metaphor in Context
"Oh! that high Heav'n, in mercy to mankind,
"War and its deadly scourges had restrain'd!
"Oh! had it stamp'd upon the human mind
"The mild forbearance, and the love unfeign'd,
"By which alone man's blessings are sustain'd,
"And conscience loses her severest stings!
"Then brother ne'er a brother's blood had drain'd,
"Ne'er had we known the dire effect, which springs
"From nations' rivalry and jealous hate of kings!"
"War and its deadly scourges had restrain'd!
"Oh! had it stamp'd upon the human mind
"The mild forbearance, and the love unfeign'd,
"By which alone man's blessings are sustain'd,
"And conscience loses her severest stings!
"Then brother ne'er a brother's blood had drain'd,
"Ne'er had we known the dire effect, which springs
"From nations' rivalry and jealous hate of kings!"
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/07/2005
