Fancy may "mount the rapid Car, / And Judgement hold the Reins"
— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)
Author
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by R. Marchbank
Date
1772
Metaphor
Fancy may "mount the rapid Car, / And Judgement hold the Reins"
Metaphor in Context
Come, then, O come, and bring along
With thee, thy whole celestial Train;
Fair Truth, to grace the moral Song;
And Elegance, that loves the Plain:
Let frolic Nature too be there,
While Art her Flight restrains;
Let Fancy mount the rapid Car,
And Judgement hold the Reins:
Let Eloquence her Beauties join;
And Wit her softer Charm combine:
Let Sense with Sweetness, too, conspire;
And female Ease with manly Fire:
Let bright Invention's magic Sway
Wake airy Nothings into Day;
And Memory, Goddess heavenly-born,
Bid Times long past again return:
Haste, then, O haste thee from the Skies;
And teach me all thy Art to move,
By secret Springs to bid the Passions rise,
Swell'd into Rage, or soften'd into Love.
With thee, thy whole celestial Train;
Fair Truth, to grace the moral Song;
And Elegance, that loves the Plain:
Let frolic Nature too be there,
While Art her Flight restrains;
Let Fancy mount the rapid Car,
And Judgement hold the Reins:
Let Eloquence her Beauties join;
And Wit her softer Charm combine:
Let Sense with Sweetness, too, conspire;
And female Ease with manly Fire:
Let bright Invention's magic Sway
Wake airy Nothings into Day;
And Memory, Goddess heavenly-born,
Bid Times long past again return:
Haste, then, O haste thee from the Skies;
And teach me all thy Art to move,
By secret Springs to bid the Passions rise,
Swell'd into Rage, or soften'd into Love.
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HDIS
Citation
5 entries in the ESTC (1773, 1774, 1772, 1782).
See The Shamrock: or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. (Dublin: Printed by R. Marchbank, 1772). <Link to ECCO> <Link to 1774 edition in Google Books>
See The Shamrock: or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. (Dublin: Printed by R. Marchbank, 1772). <Link to ECCO> <Link to 1774 edition in Google Books>
Date of Entry
09/01/2004
