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Literary Period:
"Eighteenth Century"
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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Religion of Author:
"Dissenter or Nonconformist"
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Metaphor Category:
"Government"
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Genre:
"Poetry"
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Author name:
"Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)"
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"Opposition Whig"
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Date: 1745
"Then tell me, is your soul intire? / Does wisdom calmly hold her throne? / Then can you question each desire, / Bid this remain, and that begone?"
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Date: 1745
"Too much my heart of Beauty's power hath known, / Too long to Love hath reason left her throne; / Too long my genius mourn'd his myrtle chain, / And three rich years of youth consum'd in vain."
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Date: 1772
"With that strong master of our frame, / The inexorable judge within / What can be done?"
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