"With Scarlet Honours re-adorn'd the Tide / Leaps on, and bright with more than Tyrian Pride, / Advances to the Heart, and fills the Cave / On the Left Side, which the first Motion gave."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for S. Buckley and J. Tonson
Date
1712
Metaphor
"With Scarlet Honours re-adorn'd the Tide / Leaps on, and bright with more than Tyrian Pride, / Advances to the Heart, and fills the Cave / On the Left Side, which the first Motion gave."
Metaphor in Context
The large Arterial Ducts that thither lead,
By which the Blood is from the Heart convey'd
Thro' either Lobe ten thousand Branches spread.
Here its bright Stream the bounding Current parts,
And thro' the various Passes swiftly darts:
Each subtle Pipe, each winding Channel fills
With sprightly Liquors, and with purple Rills:
The Pipe, distinguish'd by its gristly Rings,
To cherish Life Aerial Pasture brings;
Which the soft breathing Lungs with gentle Force
Constant embrace by Turns, by Turns divorce:
The springy Air this nitrous Food impells
Thro' all the spungy Parts and bladder'd Cells,
And with dilating Breath the Vital Bellows swells.
Th' admitted Nitre agitates the Flood,
Revives its Fire, and referments the Blood.
Behold, the Streams now change their languid Blue,
Regain their Glory, and their Flame renew.
With Scarlet Honours re-adorn'd the Tide
Leaps on, and bright with more than Tyrian Pride,
Advances to the Heart, and fills the Cave
On the Left Side, which the first Motion gave.
Now thro' the same involv'd Arterial Ways,
Th' exploded Jets th' Impulsive Engine plays.
(VI, ll. 439-462, pp. 291-2)
By which the Blood is from the Heart convey'd
Thro' either Lobe ten thousand Branches spread.
Here its bright Stream the bounding Current parts,
And thro' the various Passes swiftly darts:
Each subtle Pipe, each winding Channel fills
With sprightly Liquors, and with purple Rills:
The Pipe, distinguish'd by its gristly Rings,
To cherish Life Aerial Pasture brings;
Which the soft breathing Lungs with gentle Force
Constant embrace by Turns, by Turns divorce:
The springy Air this nitrous Food impells
Thro' all the spungy Parts and bladder'd Cells,
And with dilating Breath the Vital Bellows swells.
Th' admitted Nitre agitates the Flood,
Revives its Fire, and referments the Blood.
Behold, the Streams now change their languid Blue,
Regain their Glory, and their Flame renew.
With Scarlet Honours re-adorn'd the Tide
Leaps on, and bright with more than Tyrian Pride,
Advances to the Heart, and fills the Cave
On the Left Side, which the first Motion gave.
Now thro' the same involv'd Arterial Ways,
Th' exploded Jets th' Impulsive Engine plays.
(VI, ll. 439-462, pp. 291-2)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "cave" 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
01/18/2006
