"Friends, parents, relatives, hope, reason, love," may "With anxious ardour for that empire strove"
— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
J. Hatchard
Date
1810
Metaphor
"Friends, parents, relatives, hope, reason, love," may "With anxious ardour for that empire strove"
Metaphor in Context
Friends, parents, relatives, hope, reason, love,
With anxious ardour for that empire strove;
In vain their strife, in vain the means applied,
They had no comfort, but that all were tried;
One strong vain trial made, the mind to move,
Was the last effort of parental love.
With anxious ardour for that empire strove;
In vain their strife, in vain the means applied,
They had no comfort, but that all were tried;
One strong vain trial made, the mind to move,
Was the last effort of parental love.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "reason" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
George Crabbe, The Borough, 2nd ed. rev. (London: J. Hatchard, 1810). <Link to Google Books>
Theme
Ruling Passion
Date of Entry
08/16/2004
