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Genre:
"Poetry"
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Religion of Author:
"Roman Catholic Convert to Church of England then Return to Catholicism"
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Literary Period:
"Augustan"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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"Long Eighteenth Century"
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"Early Modern"
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Metaphor Category:
"Government"
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"Light"
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Date: 1739
"But as the moon reflecting borrow'd day, /Sheds on our shadow'd world a feeble ray: /Some scatter'd beams of Reason law contains, /While Order's rule must be enforc'd by pains"
preview | full record— Nugent, Robert [or Craggs] (1702-1788)