"What home-bred mischief on himself could fall, / Which could a worthy mind more deeply gall?"
— Ellwood, Thomas (1639-1713)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle
Date
1712, 1796
Metaphor
"What home-bred mischief on himself could fall, / Which could a worthy mind more deeply gall?"
Metaphor in Context
This is the second instance may be giv'n
Of the fulfiling that decree of heaven,
By God denounc'd on David, when he says,
"From thy own house, against thee divers ways,
"I'll evil bring."--First, Amnon did deflow'r
His daughter Tamar, put into his pow'r
By him; than which, ah! what more foul dishonour,
Poor, harmless princess, could have come upon her?
What home-bred mischief on himself could fall,
Which could a worthy mind more deeply gall?
(p. 140, ll. 115-124)
Of the fulfiling that decree of heaven,
By God denounc'd on David, when he says,
"From thy own house, against thee divers ways,
"I'll evil bring."--First, Amnon did deflow'r
His daughter Tamar, put into his pow'r
By him; than which, ah! what more foul dishonour,
Poor, harmless princess, could have come upon her?
What home-bred mischief on himself could fall,
Which could a worthy mind more deeply gall?
(p. 140, ll. 115-124)
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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
