Reason may over-rule fancy
— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. and R. Tonson and L. Gilliver, J. Clarke
Date
1732, 1736
Metaphor
Reason may over-rule fancy
Metaphor in Context
DELIA
On Fate alone depends Success,
And Fancy, Reason over- rules,
Or why should Virtue ever miss
Reward, so often giv'n to Fools?
'Tis not the Valiant, nor the Witty,
But who alone is born to please;
Love does predestinate our Pity,
We choose but whom he first decrees.
On Fate alone depends Success,
And Fancy, Reason over- rules,
Or why should Virtue ever miss
Reward, so often giv'n to Fools?
'Tis not the Valiant, nor the Witty,
But who alone is born to please;
Love does predestinate our Pity,
We choose but whom he first decrees.
Citation
At least 11 entries in the ESTC (1732, 1736, 1779, 1790, 1795, 1797, 1800).
See The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. (London: printed for J. Tonson, and L. Gilliver, 1732). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. (London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson ... and L. Gilliver, J. Clarke, 1736). <Link to LION&g
See The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. (London: printed for J. Tonson, and L. Gilliver, 1732). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. (London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson ... and L. Gilliver, J. Clarke, 1736). <Link to LION&g
Date of Entry
06/17/2004
