"Queen of the human heart! at whose command / The swelling tides of mighty Passion rise."
— Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
1757, 1758, 1771, 1777
Metaphor
"Queen of the human heart! at whose command / The swelling tides of mighty Passion rise."
Metaphor in Context
I.
Queen of the human heart! at whose command
The swelling tides of mighty Passion rise;
Melpomene, support my vent'rous hand,
And aid thy suppliant in his bold emprise,
From the gay scenes of pride
Do thou his footsteps guide
To Nature's aweful courts, where nurst of yore,
Young Shakespear, Fancy's child, was taught his various lore.
(p. 3 in 1757 ed.)
Queen of the human heart! at whose command
The swelling tides of mighty Passion rise;
Melpomene, support my vent'rous hand,
And aid thy suppliant in his bold emprise,
From the gay scenes of pride
Do thou his footsteps guide
To Nature's aweful courts, where nurst of yore,
Young Shakespear, Fancy's child, was taught his various lore.
(p. 3 in 1757 ed.)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
See Melpomene, or The Regions of Terror and Pity. An Ode. (London: [s.n.], 1757) <Link to Hathi Trust>. I count 9 entries for this title in the ESTC (1757, 1758, 1771, 1777).
The poem was printed with Cleone. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. Written by R. Dodsley (London, 1758) <Link to ECCO> and collected in Trifles: viz. Cleone. A Tragedy. Melpomene: or, the Regions of Terror and Pity. A Poem. Agriculture. A Poem. The Oeconomy of Human Life. Vol. II. Written by R. Dodsley. (London: J. Dodsley, 1771). <Link to ECCO>
Dodsley's Trifles were first published in 1745 in one volume. James Dodsley seems to have issued so-called "second" editions in 1771 and in 1777. The second volume of Trifles contains works written after 1745.
I have taken my text from the edition of Trifles, issued in 1777 <Link to ECCO> and checked metaphors against the 1757 printing available through the Hathi Trust.
The poem was printed with Cleone. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. Written by R. Dodsley (London, 1758) <Link to ECCO> and collected in Trifles: viz. Cleone. A Tragedy. Melpomene: or, the Regions of Terror and Pity. A Poem. Agriculture. A Poem. The Oeconomy of Human Life. Vol. II. Written by R. Dodsley. (London: J. Dodsley, 1771). <Link to ECCO>
Dodsley's Trifles were first published in 1745 in one volume. James Dodsley seems to have issued so-called "second" editions in 1771 and in 1777. The second volume of Trifles contains works written after 1745.
I have taken my text from the edition of Trifles, issued in 1777 <Link to ECCO> and checked metaphors against the 1757 printing available through the Hathi Trust.
Date of Entry
08/07/2013
