"Fancies and Notions he pursues, / Which ne'er had Being but in Thought: / Each, like the Grecian Artist, woo's / The Image He himself has wrought."
— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
The Gentleman's Journal
Date
1692
Metaphor
"Fancies and Notions he pursues, / Which ne'er had Being but in Thought: / Each, like the Grecian Artist, woo's / The Image He himself has wrought."
Metaphor in Context
Howe'er, 'tis well, that while Mankind
Thro Fate's perverse Meander errs,
He can Imagin'd Pleasures find,
To combat against Real Cares.
Fancies and Notions he pursues,
Which ne'er had Being but in Thought:
Each, like the Grecian Artist, woo's
The Image He himself has wrought.
(p. 108, ll. 1-8)
Thro Fate's perverse Meander errs,
He can Imagin'd Pleasures find,
To combat against Real Cares.
Fancies and Notions he pursues,
Which ne'er had Being but in Thought:
Each, like the Grecian Artist, woo's
The Image He himself has wrought.
(p. 108, ll. 1-8)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Prior, Matthew, The Literary Works of Matthew Prior. Ed. H. Bunker Wright and Monroe K. Spears. 2 vols. Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971.
Date of Entry
02/25/2004
