"Still through the deep'ning gloom of bow'ry shades / To Fancy's eye fantastic forms appear"
— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Work Title
Date
1790
Metaphor
"Still through the deep'ning gloom of bow'ry shades / To Fancy's eye fantastic forms appear"
Metaphor in Context
Still through the deep'ning gloom of bow'ry shades
To Fancy's eye fantastic forms appear;
Low whisp'ring echoes steal along the glades
And thrill the ear with wildly-pleasing fear.
Parent of shades!--of silence!--dewy airs!
Of solemn musing, and of vision wild!
To thee my soul her pensive tribute bears,
And hails thy gradual step, thy influence mild."
To Fancy's eye fantastic forms appear;
Low whisp'ring echoes steal along the glades
And thrill the ear with wildly-pleasing fear.
Parent of shades!--of silence!--dewy airs!
Of solemn musing, and of vision wild!
To thee my soul her pensive tribute bears,
And hails thy gradual step, thy influence mild."
Categories
Provenance
Searching Michael Gamer's online collection of Radcliffe's poetry at http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/Etexts/radcliffepoems.html
Citation
Radcliffe, Ann. A Sicilian Romance. ed. Alison Milbank. Oxford and New York: OUP, 1993.
Theme
Mind's Eye
Date of Entry
10/21/2005
