"From thence a nobler Flight she did essay, / The Mind's extended Empire to survey."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for S. Buckley and J. Tonson
Date
1712
Metaphor
"From thence a nobler Flight she did essay, / The Mind's extended Empire to survey."
Metaphor in Context
From thence a nobler Flight she did essay,
The Mind's extended Empire to survey.
She sung the Godlike Principle of Thought,
And how from Objects by the Senses brought,
The Intellectual Imag'ry is wrought.
How she the Modes of Beings can discern,
A nice Respect, a meer Relation learn:
Can all the thin abstracted Notions reach
Which Grecian Wits, or, Britain, Thine can teach.
(VII, ll. 635-643, p. 350)
The Mind's extended Empire to survey.
She sung the Godlike Principle of Thought,
And how from Objects by the Senses brought,
The Intellectual Imag'ry is wrought.
How she the Modes of Beings can discern,
A nice Respect, a meer Relation learn:
Can all the thin abstracted Notions reach
Which Grecian Wits, or, Britain, Thine can teach.
(VII, ll. 635-643, p. 350)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "empire" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 8 entries in ESTC (1712, 1715, 1718, 1736, 1797).
Text from Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem. Demonstrating the Existence and Providence of a God, 2nd ed. (London: S. Buckley and J. Tonson, 1712). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Other Online Editions: first edition (also published in 1712) is available <Link to ECCO>. See also 3rd edition (1715) <Link to Google Books>.
Text from Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem. Demonstrating the Existence and Providence of a God, 2nd ed. (London: S. Buckley and J. Tonson, 1712). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO>
Other Online Editions: first edition (also published in 1712) is available <Link to ECCO>. See also 3rd edition (1715) <Link to Google Books>.
Date of Entry
08/10/2004
