Science, "pranked in tissued vest," is dressed by Reason, Pride and Fancy and comes like a bride to wed Doubt
— Collins, William (1721-1759)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
A. Millar, in the Strand
Date
1746
Metaphor
Science, "pranked in tissued vest," is dressed by Reason, Pride and Fancy and comes like a bride to wed Doubt
Metaphor in Context
Farewell the porch, whose roof is seen
Arched with the enlivening olive's green:
Where Science, pranked in tissued vest,
By Reason, Pride, and Fancy dressed,
Comes like a bride so trim arrayed,
To wed with Doubt in Plato's shade!
(ll. 12-18, pp. 471-2)
Arched with the enlivening olive's green:
Where Science, pranked in tissued vest,
By Reason, Pride, and Fancy dressed,
Comes like a bride so trim arrayed,
To wed with Doubt in Plato's shade!
(ll. 12-18, pp. 471-2)
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Citation
Ed. Roger Lonsdale. The Poems of Thomas Gray, William Collins, and Oliver Goldsmith. London and New York: Longman and Norton: 1972
Date of Entry
11/22/2003
