"E'en stern ecclesiasticks laid aside / (To welcome him) their ruling passion, pride."
— Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1713, d. 1766)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Charles Bathurst
Date
1747
Metaphor
"E'en stern ecclesiasticks laid aside / (To welcome him) their ruling passion, pride."
Metaphor in Context
Thus, by the nicer conduct of the brain,
He gain'd a passage to Valencia's plain.
What ardent transports in their bosoms glow'd,
When they beheld from far their guardian God?
Joyful as angels when by fiends dismay'd
The great Messiah thunder'd to their aid.
E'en stern ecclesiasticks laid aside
(To welcome him) their ruling passion, pride;
Gaz'd on his form, in admiration lost,
And strove with zeal who should applaud him most.
(p. 81)
He gain'd a passage to Valencia's plain.
What ardent transports in their bosoms glow'd,
When they beheld from far their guardian God?
Joyful as angels when by fiends dismay'd
The great Messiah thunder'd to their aid.
E'en stern ecclesiasticks laid aside
(To welcome him) their ruling passion, pride;
Gaz'd on his form, in admiration lost,
And strove with zeal who should applaud him most.
(p. 81)
Provenance
Searching "ruling passion" in HDIS (Restoration and C18)
Citation
At least 2 entries in the ESTC (1747).
Poems on Several Occasions. By Thomas Gilbert, Esq; Late Fellow of Peter-House, in Cambridge (London: Printed for Charles Bathurst, 1747). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Poems on Several Occasions. By Thomas Gilbert, Esq; Late Fellow of Peter-House, in Cambridge (London: Printed for Charles Bathurst, 1747). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Theme
Ruling Passion
Date of Entry
05/20/2004
