"Back with the usual Air he tost his Head, / The soft Impressions from his Mem'ry fled."
— Purney, Thomas (1695-1730?)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Chetwood [etc.]
Date
1718
Metaphor
"Back with the usual Air he tost his Head, / The soft Impressions from his Mem'ry fled."
Metaphor in Context
See! Orient Morn her Virgin Smiles awakes,
And sweet-tongu'd Linnet leaves th'empearly Brakes,
Ida and Ossa 'ope their bloomy Flow'rs,
And Lovers solace in their mattin Bow'rs.
Strait Chevalier arose from balmy Sleep,
His Eyes like Stars that thro' the Vapours peep;
Back with the usual Air he tost his Head,
The soft Impressions from his Mem'ry fled.
To th'slumbering Chiefs he stalk'd with rapid Course,
Allarm'd their Spirits and awak'd their Force.
And sweet-tongu'd Linnet leaves th'empearly Brakes,
Ida and Ossa 'ope their bloomy Flow'rs,
And Lovers solace in their mattin Bow'rs.
Strait Chevalier arose from balmy Sleep,
His Eyes like Stars that thro' the Vapours peep;
Back with the usual Air he tost his Head,
The soft Impressions from his Mem'ry fled.
To th'slumbering Chiefs he stalk'd with rapid Course,
Allarm'd their Spirits and awak'd their Force.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "head" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry)
Theme
Dreams
Date of Entry
05/20/2005
