"That dreadful Worm may long enchanted lie, / And roll'd in Volumes sleep, but cannot die; / Rousing at Times, indignant 'twill exert / Immortal Rage, and sting you to the Heart."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Wilkins for Jonas Browne ... and J. Walthoe [etc.]
Date
1718
Metaphor
"That dreadful Worm may long enchanted lie, / And roll'd in Volumes sleep, but cannot die; / Rousing at Times, indignant 'twill exert / Immortal Rage, and sting you to the Heart."
Metaphor in Context
Should you at length decide the doubtful War,
Renounce to Virtue, and for Vice declare,
You'll ne'er in Triumph captive Reason lead,
On Conscience wholly conquer'd never tread.
That dreadful Worm may long enchanted lie,
And roll'd in Volumes sleep, but cannot die;
Rousing at Times, indignant 'twill exert
Immortal Rage, and sting you to the Heart.
(ll. 86-93)
Renounce to Virtue, and for Vice declare,
You'll ne'er in Triumph captive Reason lead,
On Conscience wholly conquer'd never tread.
That dreadful Worm may long enchanted lie,
And roll'd in Volumes sleep, but cannot die;
Rousing at Times, indignant 'twill exert
Immortal Rage, and sting you to the Heart.
(ll. 86-93)
Categories
Provenance
Searching 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>
Date of Entry
05/20/2010
