"Adieu fond Hopes, fantastick Cares, / Ye killing Joys, ye pleasing Pains, / My Soul for better Guests prepares, / Reason restor'd, and Virtue reigns."
— Somervile, William (1675-1742)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintot [etc.]
Date
1727
Metaphor
"Adieu fond Hopes, fantastick Cares, / Ye killing Joys, ye pleasing Pains, / My Soul for better Guests prepares, / Reason restor'd, and Virtue reigns."
Metaphor in Context
Adieu fond Hopes, fantastick Cares,
Ye killing Joys, ye pleasing Pains,
My Soul for better Guests prepares,
Reason restor'd, and Virtue reigns.
Ye killing Joys, ye pleasing Pains,
My Soul for better Guests prepares,
Reason restor'd, and Virtue reigns.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "guest" and "soul" in HDIS (Poetry); found again "reason"
Citation
At least 6 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1727, 1766, 1779, 1780, 1790, 1795).
Text from William Somervile, Occasional Poems, Translations, Fables, Tales, &c. (London: Bernard Lintot, 1727). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Found also in Johnson's Works of the English Poets (1779-1780, 1790) and Somervile's Poetical Works (1766, 1780).
Text from William Somervile, Occasional Poems, Translations, Fables, Tales, &c. (London: Bernard Lintot, 1727). <Link to ESTC><Link to Google Books>
Found also in Johnson's Works of the English Poets (1779-1780, 1790) and Somervile's Poetical Works (1766, 1780).
Date of Entry
03/13/2006
