Reason, Innocence, and Love divide the empire and preside "o're th' Inferiour Appetite"
— Woodford, Samuel (1636-1700)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. D. for John Baker ... and Henry Brome
Date
1679
Metaphor
Reason, Innocence, and Love divide the empire and preside "o're th' Inferiour Appetite"
Metaphor in Context
Love was that Character, in Holiness,
And perfect Purity exemplifi'd,
And Innocence, which that first state did bless,
And Reason with them Empire to divide,
And o're th' Inferiour Appetite preside,
Which it restrain'd, and furnisht with true Skill,
It self, in all its Acts to curb, and guide;
At least had power to do so, and fulfil
The Charge Divine, close backt by Freedom of the Will.
And perfect Purity exemplifi'd,
And Innocence, which that first state did bless,
And Reason with them Empire to divide,
And o're th' Inferiour Appetite preside,
Which it restrain'd, and furnisht with true Skill,
It self, in all its Acts to curb, and guide;
At least had power to do so, and fulfil
The Charge Divine, close backt by Freedom of the Will.
Provenance
Searching "reason" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
2 entries in the ESTC (1679, 1713).
Text from A Paraphrase Upon the Canticles, and Some Select Hymns of the New and Old Testament, With Other Occasional Compositions in English Verse. by Samuel Woodford (London: Printed by J. D. for John Baker and Henry Brome, 1679). <Link to EEBO>
Text from A Paraphrase Upon the Canticles, and Some Select Hymns of the New and Old Testament, With Other Occasional Compositions in English Verse. by Samuel Woodford (London: Printed by J. D. for John Baker and Henry Brome, 1679). <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
08/16/2004
