"To Faith, and Reason, an impartial Friend, / He marks the Bounds, where they begin, and end; / Whilst he, to both, distinct Dominions gives, / Th'instructed Reader reasons, and believes."
— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Owen
Date
1759
Metaphor
"To Faith, and Reason, an impartial Friend, / He marks the Bounds, where they begin, and end; / Whilst he, to both, distinct Dominions gives, / Th'instructed Reader reasons, and believes."
Metaphor in Context
Read Locke, whose penetrating Searches show
The Source, from whence our first Ideas flow;
Whence, with collected Stores, like Waters join'd,
They form the Depths of intellectual Mind;
Truth he pursues, thro' each Recess, and Maze,
Till she is caught, he will not quit the Chace;
Bewilder'd in my Thoughts, I never knew
How to think right, till guided by his Clue.
He, the existence of God, makes known
By Proofs as clear, as those, that prove our own;
Each Attribute divine appears, as bright
By his Deductions, as the Sun by Light.
To Faith, and Reason, an impartial Friend,
He marks the Bounds, where they begin, and end;
Whilst he, to both, distinct Dominions gives,
Th'instructed Reader reasons, and believes.
(pp. 76-77)
The Source, from whence our first Ideas flow;
Whence, with collected Stores, like Waters join'd,
They form the Depths of intellectual Mind;
Truth he pursues, thro' each Recess, and Maze,
Till she is caught, he will not quit the Chace;
Bewilder'd in my Thoughts, I never knew
How to think right, till guided by his Clue.
He, the existence of God, makes known
By Proofs as clear, as those, that prove our own;
Each Attribute divine appears, as bright
By his Deductions, as the Sun by Light.
To Faith, and Reason, an impartial Friend,
He marks the Bounds, where they begin, and end;
Whilst he, to both, distinct Dominions gives,
Th'instructed Reader reasons, and believes.
(pp. 76-77)
Provenance
ECCO
Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1759, 1760, 1775).
Text from Female Conduct: Being an Essay on the Art of Pleasing. To Be Practised by the Fair Sex, Before, and After Marriage. A Poem, in Two Books. Humbly Dedicated, to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Inscribed to Plautilla. by Thomas Marriott, Esq. (London: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, Temple-Bar, 1759). <Link to ECCO>
Text from Female Conduct: Being an Essay on the Art of Pleasing. To Be Practised by the Fair Sex, Before, and After Marriage. A Poem, in Two Books. Humbly Dedicated, to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Inscribed to Plautilla. by Thomas Marriott, Esq. (London: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, Temple-Bar, 1759). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
10/28/2013
