"To stamp Fraternity on gen'rous hearts: [...] Celestial Charity to-night descends"

— Cunningham, John (1729-1773)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date
1766
Metaphor
"To stamp Fraternity on gen'rous hearts: [...] Celestial Charity to-night descends"
Metaphor in Context
To bid the rancour of ill-fortune cease,
To tell anxiety--I give thee peace,
To quell adversity--or turn her darts,
To stamp fraternity on gen'rous hearts:
For these high motives--these illustrious ends,
Celestial Charity to-night descends.
(p. 163)
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "stamp" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
John Cunningham, Poems, Chiefly Pastoral (London: printed for the author, 1766). <Link to ECCO>

Chadwyck-Healey draws from the second edition of 1771.

See also The poetical works of Jo. Cunningham (London: Printed for, and under the direction of, G. Cawthorn, 1797). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
04/07/2005
Date of Review
10/06/2011

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