"What strong Impressions does Affection give? / By Fancy, Men have often ceas'd to live."
— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. and R. Tonson [etc.]
Date
1741
Metaphor
"What strong Impressions does Affection give? / By Fancy, Men have often ceas'd to live."
Metaphor in Context
What strong Impressions does Affection give?
By Fancy, Men have often ceas'd to live.
Howe're absurd things in themselves appear,
Weak Minds are apt to credit what they fear.
By Fancy, Men have often ceas'd to live.
Howe're absurd things in themselves appear,
Weak Minds are apt to credit what they fear.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "impression" and "fancy" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, Modernis'd by Several Hands. Publish'd by Mr. Ogle, 3 vols. (London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
05/20/2005
