"Thy happy Fancy form'd the bright Design, / And crowding Thoughts with charming Numbers grac'd:"

— Concanen, Matthew (1701-1749)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Peele
Date
1724
Metaphor
"Thy happy Fancy form'd the bright Design, / And crowding Thoughts with charming Numbers grac'd:"
Metaphor in Context
Thy happy Fancy form'd the bright Design,
And crowding Thoughts with charming Numbers grac'd:

So the rude Chaos was by Pow'r divine,
In beauteous Harmony and Order plac'd.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "thought" and "crowd" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1724).

See Miscellaneous Poems, Original and Translated, By Several Hands. Viz. Dean Swift, Mr. Parnel, Dr. Delany, Mr. Brown, Mr. Ward, Mr. Sterling, Mr. Concanen, And Others. Published by Mr. Concanen. (London: Printed for J. Peele, 1724). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
03/07/2006

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.