A noble Presence can give "a better stamp to all their Minds" than would an eloquent tongue
— Cotton, Charles (1630-1687)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Tho. Basset ... Will. Hensman ... Tho. Fox [etc.]
Date
1689
Metaphor
A noble Presence can give "a better stamp to all their Minds" than would an eloquent tongue
Metaphor in Context
His noble Presence more perswasion finds,
Than his brave Words, not to be heard by all,
And gave a better stamp to all their Minds,
Than from the Tongue of Eloquence could fall,
"Nothing a Souldiers Resolution binds
"More, than Example in a General;
They all ambitious are, of their blind Fate,
And each Man thinks the time defer'd too late.
Than his brave Words, not to be heard by all,
And gave a better stamp to all their Minds,
Than from the Tongue of Eloquence could fall,
"Nothing a Souldiers Resolution binds
"More, than Example in a General;
They all ambitious are, of their blind Fate,
And each Man thinks the time defer'd too late.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "mind" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/06/2005
