"Famous garden where the passion, / Bursting first disclosed the morn / Whose effulgent, beaming glory / Cleft old Chaos, brain and spine; / Lit up incense burning shrine, / In the heart of man for Eve."
— Beadle, Samuel Alfred (1857-1932)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Jackson, Miss.
Publisher
W. A. Scott
Date
1912
Metaphor
"Famous garden where the passion, / Bursting first disclosed the morn / Whose effulgent, beaming glory / Cleft old Chaos, brain and spine; / Lit up incense burning shrine, / In the heart of man for Eve."
Metaphor in Context
Eden, lost to all but fancy,
Was it ever aught but legend
Handed down from sire to son,
As descriptive of the region,
Of the sunny haunts of love?
Famous garden where the passion,
Bursting first disclosed the morn
Whose effulgent, beaming glory
Cleft old Chaos, brain and spine;
Lit up incense burning shrine,
In the heart of man for Eve.
(p. 124, ll. 1-11)
Was it ever aught but legend
Handed down from sire to son,
As descriptive of the region,
Of the sunny haunts of love?
Famous garden where the passion,
Bursting first disclosed the morn
Whose effulgent, beaming glory
Cleft old Chaos, brain and spine;
Lit up incense burning shrine,
In the heart of man for Eve.
(p. 124, ll. 1-11)
Categories
Provenance
Browsing UVA E-Text
Citation
Beadle, Samuel Alfred. Lyrics of the Under World. Jackson, Miss., 1912. W. A. Scott. University of Virginia Library Digital Collections. 1994. <Link to UVA Electronic Text>
Date of Entry
06/11/2009
