"By no forc'd laws his passions were confin'd, / For conscience kept his heart, and calm'd his mind / Peace o'er the world her blessed sway maintain'd, / And e'en in desarts smiling Plenty reign'd."
— Telescope, Tom [pseud.]
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Printed for John Newbery
Publisher
London
Date
1761
Metaphor
"By no forc'd laws his passions were confin'd, / For conscience kept his heart, and calm'd his mind / Peace o'er the world her blessed sway maintain'd, / And e'en in desarts smiling Plenty reign'd."
Metaphor in Context
Man in that Age no rule but Reason knew,
And with a native bent did good pursue;
Unaw'd by punishment, and void of fear,
His words were simple, and his foul sincere.
By no forc'd laws his passions were confin'd,
For conscience kept his heart, and calm'd his mind;
Peace o'er the world her blessed sway maintain'd,
And e'en in desarts smiling Plenty reign'd.
(VI, p. 137)
And with a native bent did good pursue;
Unaw'd by punishment, and void of fear,
His words were simple, and his foul sincere.
By no forc'd laws his passions were confin'd,
For conscience kept his heart, and calm'd his mind;
Peace o'er the world her blessed sway maintain'd,
And e'en in desarts smiling Plenty reign'd.
(VI, p. 137)
Categories
Provenance
Reading in ECCO
Citation
11 entries in ESTC (1761, 1762, 1764, 1766 ,1770, 1779, 1784, 1787, 1794, 1798).
Tom Telescope, The Newtonian System of Philosophy Adapted to the Capacities of Young Gentlemen and Ladies, and Familiarized and Made Entertaining by Objects with which They are Intimately Acquainted: Being the Substance of Six Lectures Read to the Lilliputian Society, by Tom Telescope, A.M. and Collected and Methodized for the Benefit of the Youth of these Kingdoms, by their old Friend Mr. Newbery, in St. Paul's Church Yard; Who has also added Variety of Copper-Plate Cuts, to illustrate and confirm the Doctrines Advanced. (London: Printed for J. Newbery, 1761). <Link to ECCO>
Tom Telescope, The Newtonian System of Philosophy Adapted to the Capacities of Young Gentlemen and Ladies, and Familiarized and Made Entertaining by Objects with which They are Intimately Acquainted: Being the Substance of Six Lectures Read to the Lilliputian Society, by Tom Telescope, A.M. and Collected and Methodized for the Benefit of the Youth of these Kingdoms, by their old Friend Mr. Newbery, in St. Paul's Church Yard; Who has also added Variety of Copper-Plate Cuts, to illustrate and confirm the Doctrines Advanced. (London: Printed for J. Newbery, 1761). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
01/24/2012
