"Thou Friendship art the most exalted guest, / The noblest inmate of the human breast!"
— Jones, Jenkin [Captain] (fl. 1798)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
M. Allen
Date
1798 [1797?]
Metaphor
"Thou Friendship art the most exalted guest, / The noblest inmate of the human breast!"
Metaphor in Context
Thou Friendship art the most exalted guest,
The noblest inmate of the human breast!
Thou art a jewel so divinely fair!
Of such incalculable worth! so rare!
Nature hath none more excellent to boast,
Making a perfect friend, she did her most!
Here let us pause, 'twere tedious to describe,
Of Proteus whim, the Hobby Horsy tribe,
Through all the mazes of caprice to wind,
And hunt the gay Cameleon of the mind.
There is of Humorists an endless race,
And Mind appears as various as Face.
(pp. 143-4)
The noblest inmate of the human breast!
Thou art a jewel so divinely fair!
Of such incalculable worth! so rare!
Nature hath none more excellent to boast,
Making a perfect friend, she did her most!
Here let us pause, 'twere tedious to describe,
Of Proteus whim, the Hobby Horsy tribe,
Through all the mazes of caprice to wind,
And hunt the gay Cameleon of the mind.
There is of Humorists an endless race,
And Mind appears as various as Face.
(pp. 143-4)
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
