"A Blow of Virtues, all of heav'nly Kind, / Mingled their Beauties, and adorn'd your Mind."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Wilkins for Jonas Browne ... and J. Walthoe [etc.]
Date
1718
Metaphor
"A Blow of Virtues, all of heav'nly Kind, / Mingled their Beauties, and adorn'd your Mind."
Metaphor in Context
Nor did your disappointed Friends complain
Their Hopes were idle, or their Labour vain.
Religion thriv'd, with pious Precepts fed,
And crown'd with Blossoms rais'd her sacred Head.
A Blow of Virtues, all of heav'nly Kind,
Mingled their Beauties, and adorn'd your Mind.
While Neighbours round unusual Joy exprest,
Admir'd the Son, and call'd the Parents blest,
Thinking your early Merit must presage
Uncommon Blessings to the coming Age.
But now the Season rolling on the Tide
Of Time arrives, when in the fullest Pride
Of Youth, your Virtue must the Test abide;
And to excite your Vigilance and Care,
The threatning Dangers, which attend you, hear.
(ll. 18-32)
Their Hopes were idle, or their Labour vain.
Religion thriv'd, with pious Precepts fed,
And crown'd with Blossoms rais'd her sacred Head.
A Blow of Virtues, all of heav'nly Kind,
Mingled their Beauties, and adorn'd your Mind.
While Neighbours round unusual Joy exprest,
Admir'd the Son, and call'd the Parents blest,
Thinking your early Merit must presage
Uncommon Blessings to the coming Age.
But now the Season rolling on the Tide
Of Time arrives, when in the fullest Pride
Of Youth, your Virtue must the Test abide;
And to excite your Vigilance and Care,
The threatning Dangers, which attend you, hear.
(ll. 18-32)
Categories
Provenance
Searing in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC and ECCO (1718).
Richard Blackmore, A Collection of Poems on Various Subjects. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M. D. Fellow of the Royal-College of Physicians. (London: Printed by W. Wilkins, for Jonas Browne and J. Walthoe, 1718). <Link to ECCO>
Richard Blackmore, A Collection of Poems on Various Subjects. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M. D. Fellow of the Royal-College of Physicians. (London: Printed by W. Wilkins, for Jonas Browne and J. Walthoe, 1718). <Link to ECCO>
Theme
Cultivation
Date of Entry
05/20/2010
