"Small hopes he had, yet could not choose but try / His father's stormy mind to pacify."

— Ellwood, Thomas (1639-1713)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle
Date
1712, 1796
Metaphor
"Small hopes he had, yet could not choose but try / His father's stormy mind to pacify."
Metaphor in Context
Griev'd was the princely Jonathan to hear
A sentence so unjust and so severe;
Small hopes he had, yet could not choose but try
His father's stormy mind to pacify
,
And to that purpose, in an humble tone,
Ask'd "Why shall David die?--What hath he done?"
(p. 39, ll. 121-126)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in LION
Citation
Poem begun in 1688, not complete and published until 1712. 13 entries in ESTC (1712, 1722, 1727, 1749, 1751, 1754, 1760, 1763, 1764, 1785, 1792, 1796, 1797).

Text from Davideis. The Life of David, King of Israel. A Sacred Poem. In Five Books. by Thomas Ellwood. 5th edition (London: Printed by James Phillips, 1796).

See also Davideis. The Life of David, King of Israel. A Sacred Poem. In Five Books. by Thomas Ellwood. (London: Printed and Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle, in White-Hart-Court in Gracious-Street, 1712). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
10/06/2013

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