"O I will / Of private Passions all my Soul divest, / And take my dearer Country to my Breast."
— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Dodsley
Date
1739
Metaphor
"O I will / Of private Passions all my Soul divest, / And take my dearer Country to my Breast."
Metaphor in Context
GUSTAVUS.
Come, come, my Brothers all! Yes I will strive
To be the Sum of ev'ry Title to ye,
And you shall be my Sire, my Friend reviv'd,
My Sister, Mother, all that's kind and dear,
For so Gustavus holds ye--O I will
Of private Passions all my Soul divest,
And take my dearer Country to my Breast.
To publick Good transfer each fond Desire,
And clasp my Sweden with a Lover's Fire.
Well pleas'd, the Weight of all her Burdens bear;
Dispense all Pleasure, but engross all Care.
Still quick to find, to feel my People's Woes,
And wake that Millions may enjoy Repose.
(p. 81)
Come, come, my Brothers all! Yes I will strive
To be the Sum of ev'ry Title to ye,
And you shall be my Sire, my Friend reviv'd,
My Sister, Mother, all that's kind and dear,
For so Gustavus holds ye--O I will
Of private Passions all my Soul divest,
And take my dearer Country to my Breast.
To publick Good transfer each fond Desire,
And clasp my Sweden with a Lover's Fire.
Well pleas'd, the Weight of all her Burdens bear;
Dispense all Pleasure, but engross all Care.
Still quick to find, to feel my People's Woes,
And wake that Millions may enjoy Repose.
(p. 81)
Categories
Provenance
LION
Citation
21 entries in the ESTC (1739, 1753, 1761, 1763, 1773, 1778, 1780, 1791, 1792, 1794, 1796).
Gustavus Vasa, the Deliverer of His Country. A Tragedy. As It Was to Have Been Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. by Henry Brooke (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ESTC>
Gustavus Vasa, the Deliverer of His Country. A Tragedy. As It Was to Have Been Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. by Henry Brooke (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1739). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
09/16/2013
