"Pensive and pale desponding / Albion sate, / And hourly waited her impending Fate; / 'Till George arose, in every Grace design'd, / To stop the Ruin, and defend Mankind, / To break the Fetters which our selves had wrought, / And free from Bondage the aspiring Thought."
— Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for E. Curll
Date
1719
Metaphor
"Pensive and pale desponding / Albion sate, / And hourly waited her impending Fate; / 'Till George arose, in every Grace design'd, / To stop the Ruin, and defend Mankind, / To break the Fetters which our selves had wrought, / And free from Bondage the aspiring Thought."
Metaphor in Context
Once in an Age, with publick Vice laid waste,
And human Nature almost quite defac'd,
A Christian Hero rises, to withstand
The hoarded Vengeance of a guilty Land;
Sudden the Gloom dissolves, the Clouds retire,
And Heav'n atton'd lays by the brandish'd Fire.
Such is our King; with threat'ning Wrath o'ercast,
Ripe for the Vengeance of the sudden Blast;
Pensive and pale desponding Albion sate,
And hourly waited her impending Fate;
'Till George arose, in every Grace design'd,
To stop the Ruin, and defend Mankind,
To break the Fetters which our selves had wrought,
And free from Bondage the aspiring Thought.
(pp. 14-5)
And human Nature almost quite defac'd,
A Christian Hero rises, to withstand
The hoarded Vengeance of a guilty Land;
Sudden the Gloom dissolves, the Clouds retire,
And Heav'n atton'd lays by the brandish'd Fire.
Such is our King; with threat'ning Wrath o'ercast,
Ripe for the Vengeance of the sudden Blast;
Pensive and pale desponding Albion sate,
And hourly waited her impending Fate;
'Till George arose, in every Grace design'd,
To stop the Ruin, and defend Mankind,
To break the Fetters which our selves had wrought,
And free from Bondage the aspiring Thought.
(pp. 14-5)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "bond" and "thought" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1719).
See Nicholas Amhurst, The Protestant Session, a Poem. Addressed to the Right Honourable Earl Stanhope. By a member of the Constitution-Club at Oxford. (London: Printed for E. Curll, 1719). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
See Nicholas Amhurst, The Protestant Session, a Poem. Addressed to the Right Honourable Earl Stanhope. By a member of the Constitution-Club at Oxford. (London: Printed for E. Curll, 1719). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
01/09/2012
