work_id,theme,id,metaphor,dictionary,updated_at,created_at,context,comments,text,reviewed_on,provenance 5854,"",15586,"""Like Britain's Monarch"" an audience may ""act [their] generous parts, /And fix [their] empire, in [actors] greatful hearts.","",2009-09-14 19:44:02 UTC,2004-08-16 00:00:00 UTC,Back Matter,"","Yet, for I feel my female fears increase,
Tho' arm'd for war, yet still I wish for peace:
We own your pow'r, confess your wond'rous sway,
Whom all our great dramatic realms obey:
No merit we can claim, till you befriend it,
Wit is not wit, unless your taste commend it:
From th' Author's anvil a mere sluggish mass;
Your plaudits stamp the coin, and bid it pass.
By your mild sentence then decide our fate:
Far better to be good than to be great!
Like Britain's Monarch, act your generous parts,
And fix your empire, in our greatful hearts.
",,"Searching ""heart"" and ""empire"" in HDIS (Poetry)"