"Soul, without Body, its swift Flight can steer, / Beyond the Planets, to the starry Sphere; / O, with what Rapture, will she soar above, / And rais'd on Wings of Contemplation rove!"
— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Owen
Date
1759
Metaphor
"Soul, without Body, its swift Flight can steer, / Beyond the Planets, to the starry Sphere; / O, with what Rapture, will she soar above, / And rais'd on Wings of Contemplation rove!"
Metaphor in Context
[...] Such Speculations will exalt your Mind,
Not, to the narrow Bounds of Earth, confin'd;
These strike the Soul, with reverential Awe
Of Him, who gave to Nature Birth, and Law.
Soul, without Body, its swift Flight can steer,
Beyond the Planets, to the starry Sphere;
O, with what Rapture, will she soar above,
And rais'd on Wings of Contemplation rove!
(p. 189)
Not, to the narrow Bounds of Earth, confin'd;
These strike the Soul, with reverential Awe
Of Him, who gave to Nature Birth, and Law.
Soul, without Body, its swift Flight can steer,
Beyond the Planets, to the starry Sphere;
O, with what Rapture, will she soar above,
And rais'd on Wings of Contemplation rove!
(p. 189)
Categories
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
