Grief may be subdued "by reason's empire shown"

— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)


Place of Publication
London
Date
1762
Metaphor
Grief may be subdued "by reason's empire shown"
Metaphor in Context
Nor mourn I long; my grief subdued
  By reason's empire shown:
Deep anguish comes by Heaven's decree,
  Continues by our own;
Categories
Provenance
Searching "reason" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
5 entries in ESTC (1762, 1763, 1764).

See Resignation in Two Parts. And a Postscript, To Mrs. B******* By Doctor Young, Author of the Night-Thoughts. (London : [s.n.], 1762). <Link to ESTC>

Text from The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose, of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D., Formerly Rector of Welwyn, Hertfordshire, &c. Revised and Collated With the Earliest Editions. To Which Is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, by John Doran, LL.D. With Eight Illustrations on Steel, and a Portrait. 2 vols. (London: William Tegg and Co., 1854).
Date of Entry
08/16/2004

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