"A fancy pure as virgin snows, / Yet playful as the wind"
— Pringle, Thomas (1789-1834)
Author
Date
1839
Metaphor
"A fancy pure as virgin snows, / Yet playful as the wind"
Metaphor in Context
A graceful form, a gentle mien,
Sweet eyes of witching blue;
Dimples where young Love nestles in,
Around a 'cherry mou:'
The temper kind, the taste refined,
A heart nor vain nor proud;
A face, the mirror of her mind,
Like sky without a cloud:
A fancy pure as virgin snows,
Yet playful as the wind;
A soul alive to others' woes,
But to her own resigned:
This gentle portraiture to frame
Required not Fancy's art:
But do not ask the lady's name--
'Tis hidden in my heart.
Sweet eyes of witching blue;
Dimples where young Love nestles in,
Around a 'cherry mou:'
The temper kind, the taste refined,
A heart nor vain nor proud;
A face, the mirror of her mind,
Like sky without a cloud:
A fancy pure as virgin snows,
Yet playful as the wind;
A soul alive to others' woes,
But to her own resigned:
This gentle portraiture to frame
Required not Fancy's art:
But do not ask the lady's name--
'Tis hidden in my heart.
Categories
Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
10/21/2005
