"O generous Sympathy, that binds / In Chains unseen the bravest Minds!"
— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts
Date
1702 [1735, 1779, 1779-80, 1790]
Metaphor
"O generous Sympathy, that binds / In Chains unseen the bravest Minds!"
Metaphor in Context
See next, Majestically Great,
The Founder of the Belgick State!
The Sun of Glory, which so bright
Beam'd on all the Darling Line,
Did, from its golden Urn of Light,
On William's Head redoubled shine;
His Youthful Looks diffus'd an Awe.
Charles, who had try'd the Race before,
And knew great Merits to explore,
When He his rising Virtue saw,
He put in Friendship's Noble Claim;
To his Imperial Court the Heroe brought,
And there by early Honours sought
Alliance with his future Fame.
O generous Sympathy, that binds
In Chains unseen the bravest Minds!
O Love to worthy Deeds, in all great Souls the same!
(p. 46)
The Founder of the Belgick State!
The Sun of Glory, which so bright
Beam'd on all the Darling Line,
Did, from its golden Urn of Light,
On William's Head redoubled shine;
His Youthful Looks diffus'd an Awe.
Charles, who had try'd the Race before,
And knew great Merits to explore,
When He his rising Virtue saw,
He put in Friendship's Noble Claim;
To his Imperial Court the Heroe brought,
And there by early Honours sought
Alliance with his future Fame.
O generous Sympathy, that binds
In Chains unseen the bravest Minds!
O Love to worthy Deeds, in all great Souls the same!
(p. 46)
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Provenance
Searching "mind" and "chain" in HDIS (Poetry); found again searching "mind" in C-H Lion's Poems on Affairs of State
Citation
Text from John Hughes, Poems on Several Occasions. With some Select Essays in Prose. 2 vols. (London: Printed by J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1735). <Link to vol. I in Google Books> <Link to vol. II in Google Books> <See also 1779 edition in Google Books>
Printed anonymously in Poems on Affairs of State. See also The House of Nassau. A Pindarick ode. By J. Hughes. (London : printed for D. Brown, 1702). <Link to ECCO>
Printed anonymously in Poems on Affairs of State. See also The House of Nassau. A Pindarick ode. By J. Hughes. (London : printed for D. Brown, 1702). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/15/2011
