"May not this cheering Breath, this soothing Air, / Nourish too fast Vain-Glory's secret Root, / And make its rank pernicious Branches shoot, / Till on your Mind they baneful Blossoms spread, / And drop malignant Dews on Virtue's tender Head?"
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Wilkins for Jonas Browne ... and J. Walthoe [etc.]
Date
1718
Metaphor
"May not this cheering Breath, this soothing Air, / Nourish too fast Vain-Glory's secret Root, / And make its rank pernicious Branches shoot, / Till on your Mind they baneful Blossoms spread, / And drop malignant Dews on Virtue's tender Head?"
Metaphor in Context
When thus admir'd, applauded and carest,
Will modest Thoughts possess your humble Breast?
Can you such Praises unelated hear?
May not this cheering Breath, this soothing Air,
Nourish too fast Vain-Glory's secret Root,
And make its rank pernicious Branches shoot,
Till on your Mind they baneful Blossoms spread,
And drop malignant Dews on Virtue's tender Head?
Will modest Thoughts possess your humble Breast?
Can you such Praises unelated hear?
May not this cheering Breath, this soothing Air,
Nourish too fast Vain-Glory's secret Root,
And make its rank pernicious Branches shoot,
Till on your Mind they baneful Blossoms spread,
And drop malignant Dews on Virtue's tender Head?
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>
Theme
Cultivation
Date of Entry
05/20/2010
