" Th' impression sad pervaded every breast,"
— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by C. Roworth, for T. Egerton [etc.]
Date
1801
Metaphor
" Th' impression sad pervaded every breast,"
Metaphor in Context
As hung the list'ning warriors on his song
He saw the varying passions as they rose,
And mark'd in every face th' emotion strong.
Sudden a melancholy theme he chose;
And, as he sung the fallen hero's woes,
The sympathetic chords he softly press'd.
Still, at each mournful modulation's close,
Th' impression sad pervaded every breast,
Each moisten'd eye the power of melody confess'd.
He saw the varying passions as they rose,
And mark'd in every face th' emotion strong.
Sudden a melancholy theme he chose;
And, as he sung the fallen hero's woes,
The sympathetic chords he softly press'd.
Still, at each mournful modulation's close,
Th' impression sad pervaded every breast,
Each moisten'd eye the power of melody confess'd.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "breast" and "impression" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
05/20/2005
