"No, no, my friends, I utterly detest / The very thoughts of sin; nor, in the least / Will I allow my heart to entertain / Such guests as those, of which you do complain."
— Clark, William (fl. 1663-1685)
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson
Date
1685
Metaphor
"No, no, my friends, I utterly detest / The very thoughts of sin; nor, in the least / Will I allow my heart to entertain / Such guests as those, of which you do complain."
Metaphor in Context
[1]Most innocent, for I again protest,
I do not know that thought within my breast
That for injustice can be quarrelled,
For did I think that one were harboured
Of that kind here, I'de quickly tear it out,
And for that thought abhor my self to boot.
No, no, my friends, I utterly detest
The very thoughts of sin; nor, in the least
Will I allow my heart to entertain
Such guests as those, of which you do complain.
For of all men, I truly do esteem
Those Godless livers you so often name,
(However in this world they daily thrive,)
To be the most unhappy men alive.
No greater judgments would I imprecate,
On any, whom my very soul doth hate,
Then that they live, and die in those mens state.
I do not know that thought within my breast
That for injustice can be quarrelled,
For did I think that one were harboured
Of that kind here, I'de quickly tear it out,
And for that thought abhor my self to boot.
No, no, my friends, I utterly detest
The very thoughts of sin; nor, in the least
Will I allow my heart to entertain
Such guests as those, of which you do complain.
For of all men, I truly do esteem
Those Godless livers you so often name,
(However in this world they daily thrive,)
To be the most unhappy men alive.
No greater judgments would I imprecate,
On any, whom my very soul doth hate,
Then that they live, and die in those mens state.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "guest" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
William Clark, The Grand Tryal: or, Poetical Exercitations upon the Book of Job. Wherein, Suitable to Each Text of that Sacred Book, a Modest Explanation, and Continuation of the Several Discourses contained in it, is Attempted by William Clark (Edinburgh: Andrew Anderson, 1685). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Theme
Dreams
Date of Entry
03/13/2006
