"Ah! fly the scene; secure that guilt can find / In brutal force no fetter for the mind!"
— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson
Date
1796
Metaphor
"Ah! fly the scene; secure that guilt can find / In brutal force no fetter for the mind!"
Metaphor in Context
Mycias! thus spreads unseen more ling'ring woe,
Than e'en thy sympathising soul must know:
Wisely ordain'd! He mocks the proffer'd cure,
Who bids his friend one fruitless pang endure:
Since pity turns to anguish, when denied,
And troubles swell, which must in death subside.
Ah! fly the scene; secure that guilt can find
In brutal force no fetter for the mind!
True! Violated thus, it feels the chain,
Rises with languor, and lies down with pain;
Yet bless'd in trembling to one mighty whole,
Death is the field of victory for the soul.
Than e'en thy sympathising soul must know:
Wisely ordain'd! He mocks the proffer'd cure,
Who bids his friend one fruitless pang endure:
Since pity turns to anguish, when denied,
And troubles swell, which must in death subside.
Ah! fly the scene; secure that guilt can find
In brutal force no fetter for the mind!
True! Violated thus, it feels the chain,
Rises with languor, and lies down with pain;
Yet bless'd in trembling to one mighty whole,
Death is the field of victory for the soul.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "chains" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC
Ann Yearsley, The Rural Lyre: a Volume of Poems Dedicated to the Right Honourable the Earl of Bristol, Lord Bishop of Derry (London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1796). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Ann Yearsley, The Rural Lyre: a Volume of Poems Dedicated to the Right Honourable the Earl of Bristol, Lord Bishop of Derry (London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1796). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
07/20/2011
