"This friendly counsel, to the Nymph convey'd, / No small Impression on her Fancy made:"

— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)


Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1729, 1737
Metaphor
"This friendly counsel, to the Nymph convey'd, / No small Impression on her Fancy made:"
Metaphor in Context
This friendly counsel, to the Nymph convey'd,
No small Impression on her Fancy made:

These artless dictates of an honest heart,
Without the modern aid of Flame and Dart,
Yet seem'd so lovely in the Charmer's eye,
She soon indulgent, sent him this reply.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "fancy" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Text from Poems on Several Occasions: In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston, 2nd ed. (London: Printed for B. Motte, and C. Bathurst, 1737).

See also Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. Joseph Thurson. (London: Printed by W.P. for Benj. Motte, at the Middle-Temple Gate, Fleetstreet, 1729).
Date of Entry
05/20/2005

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