"Each motive base it [the soul] nobly spurns, / And bright with purest passion burns."
— Berkeley, George Monck (1763-1793)
Work Title
Date
1789, 1797
Metaphor
"Each motive base it [the soul] nobly spurns, / And bright with purest passion burns."
Metaphor in Context
SONG.
No human pow'r can e'er control,
The freedom of a Lover's soul.
Each motive base it nobly spurns,
And bright with purest passion burns.
By duty led to Hymen's shrine,
We may our persons there resign.
Our hearts we yield to Nature's voice,
And mighty Love approve the choice.
(I.iii, p. 139)
No human pow'r can e'er control,
The freedom of a Lover's soul.
Each motive base it nobly spurns,
And bright with purest passion burns.
By duty led to Hymen's shrine,
We may our persons there resign.
Our hearts we yield to Nature's voice,
And mighty Love approve the choice.
(I.iii, p. 139)
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Citation
Performed at Dublin Theatre in 1789, published in 1797. Only 1 entry in ESTC (1797).
Text from Poems: by the Late George-Monck Berkeley, Esq. (London: Printed by J. Nichols; and sold by Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby; Mr. Edwards; Mr. Cooke, Oxford; Mr. Todd, York; Messrs. Simmons and Co.; Messrs. Flackton, Marrable, and Claris; and Mr. Bristow, Canterbury, 1797). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Text from Poems: by the Late George-Monck Berkeley, Esq. (London: Printed by J. Nichols; and sold by Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby; Mr. Edwards; Mr. Cooke, Oxford; Mr. Todd, York; Messrs. Simmons and Co.; Messrs. Flackton, Marrable, and Claris; and Mr. Bristow, Canterbury, 1797). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
09/08/2013
