"Ye Spirits, who reign, / In Cells of the Brain,/ Assume your Chimerical Shapes;/ Make English Hearts glad, / To see Devils run mad!"
— Odingsells, Gabriel (1690-1734)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts [etc.]
Date
1730
Metaphor
"Ye Spirits, who reign, / In Cells of the Brain,/ Assume your Chimerical Shapes;/ Make English Hearts glad, / To see Devils run mad!"
Metaphor in Context
AIR XXI.
PANT.
Ye Spirits, who reign,
In Cells of the Brain,
Assume your Chimerical Shapes;
Make English Hearts glad,
To see Devils run mad!
And Gods become frolicksome Apes,
Dear Sprights,
And Gods become frolicksome Apes.
PANT.
Ye Spirits, who reign,
In Cells of the Brain,
Assume your Chimerical Shapes;
Make English Hearts glad,
To see Devils run mad!
And Gods become frolicksome Apes,
Dear Sprights,
And Gods become frolicksome Apes.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "brain" and "cell" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
08/29/2005
