"And life's first moment stamp'd my soul immortal."
— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the author, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson
Date
1787
Metaphor
"And life's first moment stamp'd my soul immortal."
Metaphor in Context
"Death (deem'd abrupt) sits on my mortal frame;
"But can aught fall as sudden from a God?
"Does not his pitying eye in mercy view
"Man in his swift progression? What avails
"The early year, or date of lengthen'd age?
"Merely to live, boasts a Creator's hand,
"And life's first moment stamp'd my soul immortal.
"Then trust Infinity, ye weeping friends,
"Nor spend that moment, in a fruitless sigh,
"Which to your soul belongs; already lodg'd
"Beyond the grasp of Death; my warfare's o'er,
"Then mourn but for yourselves, and own a God."
"But can aught fall as sudden from a God?
"Does not his pitying eye in mercy view
"Man in his swift progression? What avails
"The early year, or date of lengthen'd age?
"Merely to live, boasts a Creator's hand,
"And life's first moment stamp'd my soul immortal.
"Then trust Infinity, ye weeping friends,
"Nor spend that moment, in a fruitless sigh,
"Which to your soul belongs; already lodg'd
"Beyond the grasp of Death; my warfare's o'er,
"Then mourn but for yourselves, and own a God."
Categories
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "soul" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1787).
See Poems, on Various Subjects, by Ann Yearsley. (London: Printed for the author, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787). <Link to ESTC><Link to LION>
See Poems, on Various Subjects, by Ann Yearsley. (London: Printed for the author, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787). <Link to ESTC><Link to LION>
Date of Entry
04/08/2005
