"He special care would of his safety take, / Both for his own, and for his father's sake, / Whose well-deservings of him, he should find, / Were deeply graven in a grateful mind."
— Ellwood, Thomas (1639-1713)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle
Date
1712, 1796
Metaphor
"He special care would of his safety take, / Both for his own, and for his father's sake, / Whose well-deservings of him, he should find, / Were deeply graven in a grateful mind."
Metaphor in Context
With kind embraces, therefore, he doth cheer
The down-cast youth, and bids him cast off fear;
Assuring him, that since their common fate,
Made them joint objects of Saul's causeless hate,
He special care would of his safety take,
Both for his own, and for his father's sake,
Whose well-deservings of him, he should find,
Were deeply graven in a grateful mind.
(p. 63, ll. 75-82)
The down-cast youth, and bids him cast off fear;
Assuring him, that since their common fate,
Made them joint objects of Saul's causeless hate,
He special care would of his safety take,
Both for his own, and for his father's sake,
Whose well-deservings of him, he should find,
Were deeply graven in a grateful mind.
(p. 63, ll. 75-82)
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Provenance
Searching "mind" in LION
Citation
Poem begun in 1688, not complete and published until 1712. 13 entries in ESTC (1712, 1722, 1727, 1749, 1751, 1754, 1760, 1763, 1764, 1785, 1792, 1796, 1797).
Text from Davideis. The Life of David, King of Israel. A Sacred Poem. In Five Books. by Thomas Ellwood. 5th edition (London: Printed by James Phillips, 1796).
See also Davideis. The Life of David, King of Israel. A Sacred Poem. In Five Books. by Thomas Ellwood. (London: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle, in White-Hart-Court in Gracious-Street, 1712). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Text from Davideis. The Life of David, King of Israel. A Sacred Poem. In Five Books. by Thomas Ellwood. 5th edition (London: Printed by James Phillips, 1796).
See also Davideis. The Life of David, King of Israel. A Sacred Poem. In Five Books. by Thomas Ellwood. (London: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle, in White-Hart-Court in Gracious-Street, 1712). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
10/06/2013
