"Teach me to cool my passion's fires, / Make me the judge of my desires / The master of my heart."

— Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)


Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by E. Cave
Date
October, 1739
Metaphor
"Teach me to cool my passion's fires, / Make me the judge of my desires / The master of my heart."
Metaphor in Context
That last best effort of thy skill,
To form the life, and rule the will,
  Propitious power! impart:
Teach me to cool my passion's fires,
Make me the judge of my desires,
  The master of my heart
.
(Cf. IX, p. 544. in GM)
Provenance
HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 8 instances and entries in ECCO and ESTC (1761, 1762, 1765, 1775, 1780, 1781, 1790, 1791, 1795, 1800).

See "Hymn to Science" in The Gentleman's Magazine (October 1739), IX, p. 544<Link to Google Books>

Text from The Poems Of Mark Akenside (London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1772). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
08/31/2004
Date of Review
06/10/2011

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.