"Never was Man more Gene'rous, Just and Brave, / With Pleasure less seduc'd, or less his Passions Slave."
— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Lewis
Date
1709
Metaphor
"Never was Man more Gene'rous, Just and Brave, / With Pleasure less seduc'd, or less his Passions Slave."
Metaphor in Context
ALEXIS.
Never was Man more Gene'rous, Just and Brave,
With Pleasure less seduc'd, or less his Passions Slave.
His open Mind abhors the Courtier's Art,
So far his Tongue's from differing with his Heart.
No Flatt'ry e'er cou'd his Resolves controul,
That servile Sin's an Alien to his Soul:
Ador'd in Courts and Cities let it be,
'Tis better to be fam'd for Honesty.
His Consort close in his dear Arms he twines;
While those whom Inte'rest, or Ambition joyns,
False to each other the same Day can prove:--
And then his Spirit's equal to his Love.
Never was Man more Gene'rous, Just and Brave,
With Pleasure less seduc'd, or less his Passions Slave.
His open Mind abhors the Courtier's Art,
So far his Tongue's from differing with his Heart.
No Flatt'ry e'er cou'd his Resolves controul,
That servile Sin's an Alien to his Soul:
Ador'd in Courts and Cities let it be,
'Tis better to be fam'd for Honesty.
His Consort close in his dear Arms he twines;
While those whom Inte'rest, or Ambition joyns,
False to each other the same Day can prove:--
And then his Spirit's equal to his Love.
Categories
Provenance
Demonstrating protocol to Naoki Yoshida
Citation
Finding only 1 work in ECCO and ESTC (1709).
See volume 1 of The Works of Mr. Robert Gould: In Two Volumes. Consisting of those Poems and Satyrs Which were formerly Printed, and Corrected since by the Author; As also of the many more which He Design'd for the Press. Publish'd from his Own Original Copies (London: W. Lewis, 1709). <Link to ECCO>
See volume 1 of The Works of Mr. Robert Gould: In Two Volumes. Consisting of those Poems and Satyrs Which were formerly Printed, and Corrected since by the Author; As also of the many more which He Design'd for the Press. Publish'd from his Own Original Copies (London: W. Lewis, 1709). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
09/22/2005
Date of Review
07/09/2009
