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 [etc.]
Date
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.
Date of Entry
06/17/2004
