"Her teeming Thoughts with bright Conceptions glow, / Ideas crowd, and Lines spontaneous flow."
— Keate, George (1729-1797)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley [etc.]
Date
1781
Metaphor
"Her teeming Thoughts with bright Conceptions glow, / Ideas crowd, and Lines spontaneous flow."
Metaphor in Context
When Themes of Joy the willing Muse invite,
All Fancy's Regions open to her Sight,
Sportive and unconstrain'd she glides along,
And meditates at Ease her cheerful Song;
Her teeming Thoughts with bright Conceptions glow,
Ideas crowd, and Lines spontaneous flow.--
Not so, when Sorrow bids her take the Lyre!
The Pow'rs of Fiction then no more inspire;
The sad Reality that wrings her Heart
O'erclouds her Spirit, and impedes her Art;
Sighs check the Verse she would to Friendship pay,
And Tears bedew her tributary Lay.
(vol. II, pp. 266-7)
All Fancy's Regions open to her Sight,
Sportive and unconstrain'd she glides along,
And meditates at Ease her cheerful Song;
Her teeming Thoughts with bright Conceptions glow,
Ideas crowd, and Lines spontaneous flow.--
Not so, when Sorrow bids her take the Lyre!
The Pow'rs of Fiction then no more inspire;
The sad Reality that wrings her Heart
O'erclouds her Spirit, and impedes her Art;
Sighs check the Verse she would to Friendship pay,
And Tears bedew her tributary Lay.
(vol. II, pp. 266-7)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "thought" and "crowd" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
George Keate, The Poetical Works of George Keate 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781). <Link to vol. II in Google Books>
Date of Entry
03/07/2006
Date of Review
07/15/2011
