"The tops of these scarce veil'd the roots of those; / A winding court where wandering fancy walk'd / And to herself responsive Echo talk'd."
— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Author
Work Title
Date
1789, 1792
Metaphor
"The tops of these scarce veil'd the roots of those; / A winding court where wandering fancy walk'd / And to herself responsive Echo talk'd."
Metaphor in Context
O'erbreath'd we come where, 'twixt impending hills,
Ran the joint current of two gurgling rills;
On either hand, adown each fearful steep,
Hung forth the shaggy horrors, dark and deep:
Here, thro' brown umbrage, glow'd the vivid green,
And headlong slopes, and winding paths between;
Growth above many a growth, tall trees arose,
The tops of these scarce veil'd the roots of those;
A winding court where wandering fancy walk'd
And to herself responsive Echo talk'd.
Ran the joint current of two gurgling rills;
On either hand, adown each fearful steep,
Hung forth the shaggy horrors, dark and deep:
Here, thro' brown umbrage, glow'd the vivid green,
And headlong slopes, and winding paths between;
Growth above many a growth, tall trees arose,
The tops of these scarce veil'd the roots of those;
A winding court where wandering fancy walk'd
And to herself responsive Echo talk'd.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "fancy" and "court" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1789, 1792).
Text from The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke ... In Four Volumes Octavo. Revised and Corrected by the Original Manuscript With a Portrait of the Author, and His Life By Miss Brooke. 3rd ed. (Dublin: Printed for the Editor, 1792). <Link to ESTC><Link to LION>
Found also in volume 1 of The Bouquet, A Selection of Poems from the Most Celebrated Authors (London: Printed by E. Hodson, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar; for J. Deighton, Holborn; Debrett, Piccadilly; Richardson, Royal Exchange, 1792). <Link to ECCO>
Text from The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke ... In Four Volumes Octavo. Revised and Corrected by the Original Manuscript With a Portrait of the Author, and His Life By Miss Brooke. 3rd ed. (Dublin: Printed for the Editor, 1792). <Link to ESTC><Link to LION>
Found also in volume 1 of The Bouquet, A Selection of Poems from the Most Celebrated Authors (London: Printed by E. Hodson, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar; for J. Deighton, Holborn; Debrett, Piccadilly; Richardson, Royal Exchange, 1792). <Link to ECCO>
Theme
Inner and Outer
Date of Entry
08/22/2004
