"Soon as his Breast receiv'd the potent Ray, / Whate'er possest it, instantly gave way; / As in the Wood before the Lightning's Beam, / Perish the Leaves, and the whole Tree is Flame."
Cornaro and the Turk, A Tale.
4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1745, 1780, 1782, 1790).<br>
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Text from <u>A Collection of Original Poems and Translations. By John Whaley</u> (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by R. Manby, and H. S. Cox, 1745). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T101302">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Note, attribution issues. Found in George Parker's <u>Humorous Sketches</u> (1782) and <u>Life's Painter</u> (1790), and in <u>A Select Collection of Poems</u> (1780).