"New-minted Mischeifs rumble in his brain, / Each false Stamp'd Coin is melted down again, / 'Till refin'd Fancy fix'd on Woman."
— Ames, Richard (bap. 1664?, d. 1692)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for E. Hawkins
Date
1693
Metaphor
"New-minted Mischeifs rumble in his brain, / Each false Stamp'd Coin is melted down again, / 'Till refin'd Fancy fix'd on Woman."
Metaphor in Context
The Devil grin'd, with malice burst, to find
This happyer Eden of Man's tranquil Mind;
He saw't with Envy, whilst his working thought
VVas busi'd how the Ruin might be wrought;
New-minted Mischeifs rumble in his brain,
Each false Stamp'd Coin is melted down again,
'Till refin'd Fancy fix'd on Woman; then
Resolv'd that Innovation to begin;
Beauty's the chief Ingredient of his Art,
T'out rival Nature with a Counterpart;
Beauty that outward Species of false Grace,
The sly smooth witchcraft of a fair young Face.
(p. 2, ll. 23-34)
This happyer Eden of Man's tranquil Mind;
He saw't with Envy, whilst his working thought
VVas busi'd how the Ruin might be wrought;
New-minted Mischeifs rumble in his brain,
Each false Stamp'd Coin is melted down again,
'Till refin'd Fancy fix'd on Woman; then
Resolv'd that Innovation to begin;
Beauty's the chief Ingredient of his Art,
T'out rival Nature with a Counterpart;
Beauty that outward Species of false Grace,
The sly smooth witchcraft of a fair young Face.
(p. 2, ll. 23-34)
Provenance
Searching "stamp" and "fancy" in HDIS (Poetry); again "brain"; and again "coin"
Citation
The Folly of Love. A New Satyr Against Woman. The Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. To Which Is Now Added the Bachelors Lettany, by the Same Hand. (London: Printed for E. Hawkins, 1693). <Link to LION>
Date of Entry
04/11/2005
Date of Review
08/06/2009
