"No, I will break this House of Clay, / Which clogs my fleeter Thoughts and Mind."
— Hawkshaw, Benjamin (1671/2-1738)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Henry Dickenson
Date
1693
Metaphor
"No, I will break this House of Clay, / Which clogs my fleeter Thoughts and Mind."
Metaphor in Context
I.
Why should I grovel here below?
Mistake that hopeful Bliss to come?
At shadows grasp, as Heathens do,
And never think of future Doom?
II.
No, I will break this House of Clay,
Which clogs my fleeter Thoughts and Mind,
My Guardian Angel bids away,
Where I Eternal Bliss may find.
(pp. 14-15, ll. 1-8)
Why should I grovel here below?
Mistake that hopeful Bliss to come?
At shadows grasp, as Heathens do,
And never think of future Doom?
II.
No, I will break this House of Clay,
Which clogs my fleeter Thoughts and Mind,
My Guardian Angel bids away,
Where I Eternal Bliss may find.
(pp. 14-15, ll. 1-8)
Provenance
Searching "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only one entry in the ESTC.
Poems upon Several Occasions by Benj. Hawkshaw (London: Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Henry Dickenson, 1693). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Poems upon Several Occasions by Benj. Hawkshaw (London: Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Henry Dickenson, 1693). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
07/24/2013
