"Then Peace shall heal this wounded breast, / That pants to see another blest, / From selfish passion pure."
— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)
Place of Publication
London
Date
1775
Metaphor
"Then Peace shall heal this wounded breast, / That pants to see another blest, / From selfish passion pure."
Metaphor in Context
Then Peace shall heal this wounded breast,
That pants to see another blest,
From selfish passion pure;
Peace, which when human wishes rise
Intense, for aught beneath the skies,
Can never be secure.
(p. 161)
That pants to see another blest,
From selfish passion pure;
Peace, which when human wishes rise
Intense, for aught beneath the skies,
Can never be secure.
(p. 161)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
At least 15 entries in the ESTC (1775, 1777, 1783, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1789)
See See also Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (London: E. and C. Dilly, 1775). <Link to ECCO>
Also The Works of Mrs. Chapone, Containing Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady: and Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. In Two Volumes. (Dublin: Printed for the United Company of Booksellers, 1775) [not consulted]. <Link to ESTC>
Text from Hester Chapone, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 3rd edition (London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly ... and J. Walter, 1777). <Link to 3rd edition in Google Books>
See See also Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (London: E. and C. Dilly, 1775). <Link to ECCO>
Also The Works of Mrs. Chapone, Containing Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady: and Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. In Two Volumes. (Dublin: Printed for the United Company of Booksellers, 1775) [not consulted]. <Link to ESTC>
Text from Hester Chapone, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 3rd edition (London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly ... and J. Walter, 1777). <Link to 3rd edition in Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/16/2011
