"Ah! who can tell what pow'rs that mind possess'd, / What flames of lambent genius warm'd his breast!"
— Jones, Jenkin [Captain] (fl. 1798)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
M. Allen
Date
1798 [1797?]
Metaphor
"Ah! who can tell what pow'rs that mind possess'd, / What flames of lambent genius warm'd his breast!"
Metaphor in Context
Ah! who can tell what pow'rs that mind possess'd,
What flames of lambent genius warm'd his breast!
Perhaps a man in ev'ry gift profuse,
"Of noble sentiments, exalted views,
Of curious observation, deep research;
One whose pure morals might have propp'd the church:
One on the music of whose fluent tongue
Convincing truth and soft persuasion hung;
One whose fine sense of delicacy taught
Graces beyond the reach of Stanhope's thought;
One who could yield to laws their best support,
Have polish'd states, and civiliz'd a court."
(pp. 33-4)
What flames of lambent genius warm'd his breast!
Perhaps a man in ev'ry gift profuse,
"Of noble sentiments, exalted views,
Of curious observation, deep research;
One whose pure morals might have propp'd the church:
One on the music of whose fluent tongue
Convincing truth and soft persuasion hung;
One whose fine sense of delicacy taught
Graces beyond the reach of Stanhope's thought;
One who could yield to laws their best support,
Have polish'd states, and civiliz'd a court."
(pp. 33-4)
Categories
Provenance
Reading at the Folger
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1798).
Jenkin Jones, Hobby Horses: A Poetic Allegory (London: Printed for M. Allen, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Jenkin Jones, Hobby Horses: A Poetic Allegory (London: Printed for M. Allen, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
05/16/2013
