"My breast, O WALPOLE, glows with grateful fire / The streams of Royal bounty, turn'd by Thee, / Refresh the dry domains of poesy."
— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Walthoe
Date
1726
Metaphor
"My breast, O WALPOLE, glows with grateful fire / The streams of Royal bounty, turn'd by Thee, / Refresh the dry domains of poesy."
Metaphor in Context
At this the Muse shall Kindle, and Aspire:
My breast, O WALPOLE, glows with grateful fire
The streams of Royal bounty, turn'd by Thee,
Refresh the dry domains of poesy.
My fortune shows, when Arts are WALPOLE's care,
What slender worth forbids us to despair:
Be this thy partial smile from censure free;
'Twas meant for Merit, though it fell on Me.
(pp. 5-6)
My breast, O WALPOLE, glows with grateful fire
The streams of Royal bounty, turn'd by Thee,
Refresh the dry domains of poesy.
My fortune shows, when Arts are WALPOLE's care,
What slender worth forbids us to despair:
Be this thy partial smile from censure free;
'Twas meant for Merit, though it fell on Me.
(pp. 5-6)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Samuel Johnson's "Life of Young"
Citation
Edward Young, The Instalment. To the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (London: J. Walthoe, 1726). <>
Date of Entry
10/20/2011
