"Truth Stamps Conviction in your Ravisht Breast."
— Dillon, Wentworth, 4th Earl of Roscommon (1637-1685)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1684
Metaphor
"Truth Stamps Conviction in your Ravisht Breast."
Metaphor in Context
What I have instanc'd only in the best,
Is, in proportion true of All the rest.
Take pains the genuine Meaning to explore,
There Sweat, there Strain, tug the laborious Oar:
Search ev'ry Comment, that your Care can find,
Some here, some there, may hit the Poets Mind;
Yet be not blindly guided by the Throng;
The Multitude is alwayes in the Wrong.
When Things appear unnatural or hard,
Consult your Author, with Himself compar'd;
Who knows what blessing Phæbus may bestow,
And future Ages to your Labour owe?
Such Secrets are not easily found out,
But once Discover'd, leave no Room for Doubt.
Truth Stamps Conviction in your Ravisht Breast,
And Peace, and Joy attend the glorious Guest.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "breast" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
6 entries in ESTC (1684, 1685, 1709, 1717).
See An Essay on Translated Verse. By the Earl of Roscomon. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1684). <Link to ESTC>
See An Essay on Translated Verse. By the Earl of Roscomon. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1684). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
04/11/2005
Date of Review
03/23/2009
