"Hence Wrath and Rage their ready Minds invade, / And Want could ev'ry Wickedness perswade."
— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for D. Midwinter, A Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. and J. Pemberton, R. Ware, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley and J. Wood, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman, and R. Hett
Date
1737
Metaphor
"Hence Wrath and Rage their ready Minds invade, / And Want could ev'ry Wickedness perswade."
Metaphor in Context
Hence Wrath and Rage their ready Minds invade,
And Want could ev'ry Wickedness perswade:
Hence impious Pow'r was first esteem'd a Good,
Sought for by Arms, and bought with Streams of Blood:
With Glory, Tyrants did their Country awe,
And Violence prescrib'd the Rule to Law.
Hence pliant servile Voices were constrain'd,
And Force in popular Assemblies reign'd:
Consuls and Tribunes, with opposing Might,
Join'd to confound and overturn the Right:
Hence shameful Magistrates were made for Gold,
And a base People by themselves were sold:
Hence Slaughter in the venal Field returns,
And Rome her yearly Competition mourns:
Hence Debt unthrifty, careless to repay,
And Usury still watching for its Day:
Hence Perjuries in ev'ry wrangling Court:
And War, the needy Bankrupt's last Resort.
(II, p. 61)
And Want could ev'ry Wickedness perswade:
Hence impious Pow'r was first esteem'd a Good,
Sought for by Arms, and bought with Streams of Blood:
With Glory, Tyrants did their Country awe,
And Violence prescrib'd the Rule to Law.
Hence pliant servile Voices were constrain'd,
And Force in popular Assemblies reign'd:
Consuls and Tribunes, with opposing Might,
Join'd to confound and overturn the Right:
Hence shameful Magistrates were made for Gold,
And a base People by themselves were sold:
Hence Slaughter in the venal Field returns,
And Rome her yearly Competition mourns:
Hence Debt unthrifty, careless to repay,
And Usury still watching for its Day:
Hence Perjuries in ev'ry wrangling Court:
And War, the needy Bankrupt's last Resort.
(II, p. 61)
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Searching "mind" and 'invad" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1737).
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum: or, the Most Beautiful and Instructive Passages of the Roman Poets. Being a Collection, (Disposed Under Proper Heads,) of Such Descriptions, Allusions, Comparisons, Characters, and Sentiments, As May Best Serve to Shew the Religion, Learning, Politicks, Arts, Customs, Opinions, Manners, and Circumstances of the Antients. With Translations of the Same in English Verse. By Mr. Henry Baker. 2 vols. (London: Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. and J. Pemberton, R. Ware, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley and J. Wood, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman, and R. Hett, 1737). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books, Vol. I and Vol. II>
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum: or, the Most Beautiful and Instructive Passages of the Roman Poets. Being a Collection, (Disposed Under Proper Heads,) of Such Descriptions, Allusions, Comparisons, Characters, and Sentiments, As May Best Serve to Shew the Religion, Learning, Politicks, Arts, Customs, Opinions, Manners, and Circumstances of the Antients. With Translations of the Same in English Verse. By Mr. Henry Baker. 2 vols. (London: Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. and J. Pemberton, R. Ware, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley and J. Wood, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman, and R. Hett, 1737). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books, Vol. I and Vol. II>
Date of Entry
05/04/2005
Date of Review
01/11/2012
