"Vain Dreams (reply'd the wily Youth) deceive / Your wand'ring Thoughts, and false Impressions leave"
— Diaper, William (1686-1717)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. H. for E. Sanger [etc.]
Date
1712
Metaphor
"Vain Dreams (reply'd the wily Youth) deceive / Your wand'ring Thoughts, and false Impressions leave"
Metaphor in Context
Thus the despairing Nymph complain'd alone,
'Till faint with Grief, and tir'd with piteous Moan,
When kinder Sleep again with calm Surprize
Sooth'd all her Pain, and clos'd her willing Eyes,
And now returning Waves by slow degrees
Move on the Beach, and stretch the widen'd Seas.
Melvin approaches with the rising Tide,
And in his Arms enfolds his sleeping Bride.
Eune a wake, with Wonder view'd around;
The Sea was near, and the lost Lover found.
Ah! do I now, or did I dream before,
Cries the fond Nymph, when on the barren Shore
Left by the Sea, and you so long I mourn'd;
How were you gone, or whence are you return'd?
Vain Dreams (reply'd the wily Youth) deceive
Your wand'ring Thoughts, and false Impressions leave.
He said, and kist the Nymph; she kist again:
He prest her close, and she forgot her Pain.
'Till faint with Grief, and tir'd with piteous Moan,
When kinder Sleep again with calm Surprize
Sooth'd all her Pain, and clos'd her willing Eyes,
And now returning Waves by slow degrees
Move on the Beach, and stretch the widen'd Seas.
Melvin approaches with the rising Tide,
And in his Arms enfolds his sleeping Bride.
Eune a wake, with Wonder view'd around;
The Sea was near, and the lost Lover found.
Ah! do I now, or did I dream before,
Cries the fond Nymph, when on the barren Shore
Left by the Sea, and you so long I mourn'd;
How were you gone, or whence are you return'd?
Vain Dreams (reply'd the wily Youth) deceive
Your wand'ring Thoughts, and false Impressions leave.
He said, and kist the Nymph; she kist again:
He prest her close, and she forgot her Pain.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "thought" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
05/20/2005
