"Proceed, proceed, thrice venerable sage! / Enlighten my dark mind with this new ray, / This dawning of salvation!"
— More, Hannah (1745-1833)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell
Date
1782
Metaphor
"Proceed, proceed, thrice venerable sage! / Enlighten my dark mind with this new ray, / This dawning of salvation!"
Metaphor in Context
ARASPES.
Proceed, proceed, thrice venerable sage!
Enlighten my dark mind with this new ray,
This dawning of salvation! Tell me more
Of this expected King! this Prince of peace!
This Promise of the nations! this great Hope
Of anxious Israël! This mighty Prophet!
(Part II, p. 201)
Proceed, proceed, thrice venerable sage!
Enlighten my dark mind with this new ray,
This dawning of salvation! Tell me more
Of this expected King! this Prince of peace!
This Promise of the nations! this great Hope
Of anxious Israël! This mighty Prophet!
(Part II, p. 201)
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Citation
16 entries in the ESTC (1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1796, 1798, 1799, 1800).
See Hannah More, Sacred Dramas: Chiefly Intended for Young Persons: the Subjects Taken from the Bible. To which is Added, Sensibility, a Poem. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1782.) <Link to ECCO-TCP>
See Hannah More, Sacred Dramas: Chiefly Intended for Young Persons: the Subjects Taken from the Bible. To which is Added, Sensibility, a Poem. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1782.) <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/16/2013
