"Or, greatly daring in his Country's cause, / Whose heaven-taught soul the aweful plan design'd, / Whence Power stood trembling at the voice of Laws, / Whence soar'd on Freedom's wing th'ethereal mind."
— Beattie, James (1735-1803)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London and Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, at Tully's Head, in the Strand; and J. Balfour, in Edinburgh
Date
1765
Metaphor
"Or, greatly daring in his Country's cause, / Whose heaven-taught soul the aweful plan design'd, / Whence Power stood trembling at the voice of Laws, / Whence soar'd on Freedom's wing th'ethereal mind."
Metaphor in Context
Or, greatly daring in his Country's cause,
Whose heaven-taught soul the aweful plan design'd,
Whence Power stood trembling at the voice of Laws,
Whence soar'd on Freedom's wing th'ethereal mind.
(p. 3)
Whose heaven-taught soul the aweful plan design'd,
Whence Power stood trembling at the voice of Laws,
Whence soar'd on Freedom's wing th'ethereal mind.
(p. 3)
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Citation
Beattie, James. The Judgment of Paris. A Poem. (London and Edinburgh: T. Becket, P. A. De Hondt, and J. Balfour, 1765). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECOO>
Date of Entry
06/25/2011
