"Blest be the Prince, who thus his Power employs, / He moves in Smiles, and lives in circling Joys; / Superior to the Tyrant's savage Arts, / Founds his firm Empire on his Subjects Hearts; / From gentlest Virtues draws the noble Plan, / And proves the Monarch something more than Man."
— Pattison, William (1706-1727)
Place of Publication
London
Date
1727, 1728
Metaphor
"Blest be the Prince, who thus his Power employs, / He moves in Smiles, and lives in circling Joys; / Superior to the Tyrant's savage Arts, / Founds his firm Empire on his Subjects Hearts; / From gentlest Virtues draws the noble Plan, / And proves the Monarch something more than Man."
Metaphor in Context
Blest be the Prince, who thus his Power employs,
He moves in Smiles, and lives in circling Joys;
Superior to the Tyrant's savage Arts,
Founds his firm Empire on his Subjects Hearts;
From gentlest Virtues draws the noble Plan,
And proves the Monarch something more than Man.
He moves in Smiles, and lives in circling Joys;
Superior to the Tyrant's savage Arts,
Founds his firm Empire on his Subjects Hearts;
From gentlest Virtues draws the noble Plan,
And proves the Monarch something more than Man.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1727, 1728).
Text from Cupid's Metamorphoses or, Love in All Shapes. Being the Second and Last Volume of the Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison, Late of Sidney College, Cambridge. (London: [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1728). <Link to ECCO>
An Epistle to His Majesty, on His Accession to the Throne. By William Pattison, Late of Sidney-College, Cambridge. (London: Printed for H. Curll, over-against Cuberine-Street, in the Strand, 1727).
Text from Cupid's Metamorphoses or, Love in All Shapes. Being the Second and Last Volume of the Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison, Late of Sidney College, Cambridge. (London: [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1728). <Link to ECCO>
An Epistle to His Majesty, on His Accession to the Throne. By William Pattison, Late of Sidney-College, Cambridge. (London: Printed for H. Curll, over-against Cuberine-Street, in the Strand, 1727).
Date of Entry
08/22/2004
Date of Review
01/06/2012
