A bullet may efface "The num'rous Lodgings, which did entertain / All Mem'ry's crowded Guests, and Fancy's aeiry Train."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill
Date
1705
Metaphor
A bullet may efface "The num'rous Lodgings, which did entertain / All Mem'ry's crowded Guests, and Fancy's aeiry Train."
Metaphor in Context
Haughton, for finer Conversation nam'd,
For shining Wit, and Erudition fam'd,
Lay, helpless Man! extended on the Ground,
And pour'd his vital Purple from his Wound.
The deadly Bullet thro' his Forehead past,
An Inch above the Eye-brows, and effac'd
The Haunts and Tracks of Learning in the Brain,
The num'rous Lodgings, which did entertain
All Mem'ry's crowded Guests, and Fancy's aeiry Train.
For shining Wit, and Erudition fam'd,
Lay, helpless Man! extended on the Ground,
And pour'd his vital Purple from his Wound.
The deadly Bullet thro' his Forehead past,
An Inch above the Eye-brows, and effac'd
The Haunts and Tracks of Learning in the Brain,
The num'rous Lodgings, which did entertain
All Mem'ry's crowded Guests, and Fancy's aeiry Train.
Provenance
Searching "fancy" and "crowd" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 2 entries in ESTC (1705, 1721).
Eliza: an Epick Poem. In Ten Books. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M.D. and Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians in London. To Which Is Annex’d, an Index, Explaining Persons, Countries, Cities, Rivers, &c. (London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1705). <Link to ESTC>
Eliza: an Epick Poem. In Ten Books. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M.D. and Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians in London. To Which Is Annex’d, an Index, Explaining Persons, Countries, Cities, Rivers, &c. (London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1705). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
03/08/2006
