"Explore the dark recesses of the mind, / In the Soul's honest volume read mankind, / And own, in wise and simple, great and small, / The same grand leading Principle in All."
— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. Kearsly; J. Coote; W. Flexney; C. Henderson; J. Gardiner; and J. Almon
Date
1763
Metaphor
"Explore the dark recesses of the mind, / In the Soul's honest volume read mankind, / And own, in wise and simple, great and small, / The same grand leading Principle in All."
Metaphor in Context
Explore the dark recesses of the mind,
In the Soul's honest volume read mankind,
And own, in wise and simple, great and small,
The same grand leading Principle in All.
Whate'er we talk of wisdom to the wise,
Of goodness to the good, of public ties
Which to our country link, of private bands
Which claim most dear attention at our hands,
For Parent and for Child, for Wife and Friend,
Our first great Mover, and our last great End,
Is One, and, by whatever name we call
The ruling Tyrant, SELF is All in All.
This, which unwilling Faction shall admit,
Guided in diff'rent ways a BUTE and PITT,
Made Tyrants break, made Kings observe the law,
And gave the world a STUART and NASSAU.
(p. 9)
In the Soul's honest volume read mankind,
And own, in wise and simple, great and small,
The same grand leading Principle in All.
Whate'er we talk of wisdom to the wise,
Of goodness to the good, of public ties
Which to our country link, of private bands
Which claim most dear attention at our hands,
For Parent and for Child, for Wife and Friend,
Our first great Mover, and our last great End,
Is One, and, by whatever name we call
The ruling Tyrant, SELF is All in All.
This, which unwilling Faction shall admit,
Guided in diff'rent ways a BUTE and PITT,
Made Tyrants break, made Kings observe the law,
And gave the world a STUART and NASSAU.
(p. 9)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
4 entries in ESTC (1763, 1764, 1765)
The Conference: A Poem. By C. Churchill. (London: Printed for G. Kearsly; J. Coote; W. Flexney; C. Henderson; J. Gardiner; and J. Almon, 1763). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
The Conference: A Poem. By C. Churchill. (London: Printed for G. Kearsly; J. Coote; W. Flexney; C. Henderson; J. Gardiner; and J. Almon, 1763). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/18/2013
