"While shiv'ring Chillness seizes every Vein, / Slackens their Sinews and disturbs their Brain, / Which deep Impressions left of various Kind, / That pain the Body or afflict the Mind."
— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Botham, for James Knapton
Date
1723
Metaphor
"While shiv'ring Chillness seizes every Vein, / Slackens their Sinews and disturbs their Brain, / Which deep Impressions left of various Kind, / That pain the Body or afflict the Mind."
Metaphor in Context
Now did the intervening Moon apace
Advancing in her heav'nly Road efface
The Source of Light, and by Degrees at last
His whole refulgent Body overcast;
And while his Beams began to disappear,
The People shook at once with Cold and Fear;
For, introduc'd by dark unnat'ral Shades,
A sudden Winter's Force the Air invades.
Uncherish'd now by solar Light and Heat
Their Hearts with Toil their vital Task repeat;
While shiv'ring Chillness seizes every Vein,
Slackens their Sinews and disturbs their Brain,
Which deep Impressions left of various Kind,
That pain the Body or afflict the Mind.
Advancing in her heav'nly Road efface
The Source of Light, and by Degrees at last
His whole refulgent Body overcast;
And while his Beams began to disappear,
The People shook at once with Cold and Fear;
For, introduc'd by dark unnat'ral Shades,
A sudden Winter's Force the Air invades.
Uncherish'd now by solar Light and Heat
Their Hearts with Toil their vital Task repeat;
While shiv'ring Chillness seizes every Vein,
Slackens their Sinews and disturbs their Brain,
Which deep Impressions left of various Kind,
That pain the Body or afflict the Mind.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "brain" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1723).
Richard Blackmore, Alfred. An Epick Poem. In Twelve Books (London: Printed by W. Botham, for James Knapton, 1723). <Link to ECCO><Link to LION>
Richard Blackmore, Alfred. An Epick Poem. In Twelve Books (London: Printed by W. Botham, for James Knapton, 1723). <Link to ECCO><Link to LION>
Date of Entry
05/18/2005
