"The parson frank'd their souls to kingdom-come!"
— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. Kearsley
Date
1788
Metaphor
"The parson frank'd their souls to kingdom-come!"
Metaphor in Context
Did gentlemen of fortune die,
And leave the church a good round sum;
Lo! in the twinkling of an eye,
The parson frank'd their souls to kingdom-come!
A letter to the porter, or a word,
Insur'd admittance to the Lord.
(cf. p. 27 in 1788 printing)
And leave the church a good round sum;
Lo! in the twinkling of an eye,
The parson frank'd their souls to kingdom-come!
A letter to the porter, or a word,
Insur'd admittance to the Lord.
(cf. p. 27 in 1788 printing)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "frank" and "soul" in HDIS (Poetry); confirmed in ECCO.
Citation
At least 18 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1788, 1789, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795). Searching and finding in Works in ECCO.
See Brother Peter to Brother Tom. An Expostulatory Epistle. With an Engraving by an Eminent Artist. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London: Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, No. 46, Fleet Street, 1788). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Works of Peter Pindar, 4 vols. (London: Printed for Walker and Edwards, 1816).
See Brother Peter to Brother Tom. An Expostulatory Epistle. With an Engraving by an Eminent Artist. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London: Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, No. 46, Fleet Street, 1788). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Works of Peter Pindar, 4 vols. (London: Printed for Walker and Edwards, 1816).
Date of Entry
05/24/2005
