"Thoughts spring up like plants in hot-house, / Every time the news are read."
— MacNeill, Hector (1746-1818)
Author
Date
1806
Metaphor
"Thoughts spring up like plants in hot-house, / Every time the news are read."
Metaphor in Context
Twice a week to Maggie's cot-house,
Swift! by post the papers fled!
Thoughts spring up like plants in hot-house,
Every time the news are read.
Swift! by post the papers fled!
Thoughts spring up like plants in hot-house,
Every time the news are read.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
03/26/2005
