"Ye Slaves of Passion, and ye Dupes of Chance, / Wake all your Pow'rs from this destructive Trance!"
— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Francklin
Date
1753
Metaphor
"Ye Slaves of Passion, and ye Dupes of Chance, / Wake all your Pow'rs from this destructive Trance!"
Metaphor in Context
Ye Slaves of Passion, and ye Dupes of Chance,
Wake all your Pow'rs from this destructive Trance!
Shake off the Shackles of this Tyrant Vice:
Hear other Calls than those of Cards and Dice:
Be learn'd in nobler Arts, than Arts of Play,
And other Debts than those of Honour pay.
No longer live insensible, to Shame,
Lost to your Country, Families and Fame.
(p. v)
Wake all your Pow'rs from this destructive Trance!
Shake off the Shackles of this Tyrant Vice:
Hear other Calls than those of Cards and Dice:
Be learn'd in nobler Arts, than Arts of Play,
And other Debts than those of Honour pay.
No longer live insensible, to Shame,
Lost to your Country, Families and Fame.
(p. v)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
36 entries in the ESTC (1753, 1755, 1756, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1771, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1783, 1784, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1790, 1794, 1800).
Edward Moore, The Gamester. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for R. Francklin and Sold by R. Dodsley, 1753).
Edward Moore, The Gamester. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (London: Printed for R. Francklin and Sold by R. Dodsley, 1753).
Date of Entry
09/03/2013
