"Hast thou no failings of thine own, / No ruling passion in thy breast, / That robs thee of thy balmy rest?"
— Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
J. Dodsley
Date
1780
Metaphor
"Hast thou no failings of thine own, / No ruling passion in thy breast, / That robs thee of thy balmy rest?"
Metaphor in Context
"But on this point you more shall hear,
"And those, you have abus'd, revere,
"When next with terror and dismay
"My awful image you survey;
"Meanwhile no more thy spleen be shewn--
"Hast thou no failings of thine own,
"No ruling passion in thy breast,
"That robs thee of thy balmy rest?"
(pp. 319-320)
"And those, you have abus'd, revere,
"When next with terror and dismay
"My awful image you survey;
"Meanwhile no more thy spleen be shewn--
"Hast thou no failings of thine own,
"No ruling passion in thy breast,
"That robs thee of thy balmy rest?"
(pp. 319-320)
Provenance
Searching "ruling passion" in HDIS (Restoration and C18)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1780).
See Speculation; or, a Defence of Mankind: a Poem (London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, and all other booksellers in town and country, 1780).
Text from The Poetical Works of the late Christopher Anstey, With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, By his son, John Anstey (London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... By W. Bulmer and Co., 1808). <Link to LION>
See Speculation; or, a Defence of Mankind: a Poem (London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, and all other booksellers in town and country, 1780).
Text from The Poetical Works of the late Christopher Anstey, With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, By his son, John Anstey (London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... By W. Bulmer and Co., 1808). <Link to LION>
Theme
Ruling Passion
Date of Entry
05/18/2004
