"Fancy paints with hues unreal,/ Smile of bliss, and sorrow's mood."
— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Date
1791
Metaphor
"Fancy paints with hues unreal,/ Smile of bliss, and sorrow's mood."
Metaphor in Context
Fancy paints with hues unreal,
Smile of bliss, and sorrow's mood;
If they both are but ideal,
Why reject the seeming good?
Hence! no more! 'tis Wisdom calls ye,
Bids ye court Time's present aid;
The future trust not---Hope enthrals ye,
'Catch the pleasures ere they fade.'"
Smile of bliss, and sorrow's mood;
If they both are but ideal,
Why reject the seeming good?
Hence! no more! 'tis Wisdom calls ye,
Bids ye court Time's present aid;
The future trust not---Hope enthrals ye,
'Catch the pleasures ere they fade.'"
Categories
Provenance
Searching Michael Gamer's online collection of Radcliffe's poetry <Link>.
Citation
Radcliffe, Ann. A Sicilian Romance. ed. Alison Milbank. Oxford and New York: OUP, 1993.
Date of Entry
10/21/2005
