"A solemn stillness creeps upon my soul, / And all its pow'rs in deep attention die."
— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)
Place of Publication
London
Date
w. c. 1749, 1775
Metaphor
"A solemn stillness creeps upon my soul, / And all its pow'rs in deep attention die."
Metaphor in Context
A solemn stillness creeps upon my soul,
And all its pow'rs in deep attention die;
My heart forgets to beat; my stedfast eye
Catches the flying gleam; the distant roll,
Advancing gradual, swells upon my ear
With louder peals, more dreadful as more near.
(p. 137)
And all its pow'rs in deep attention die;
My heart forgets to beat; my stedfast eye
Catches the flying gleam; the distant roll,
Advancing gradual, swells upon my ear
With louder peals, more dreadful as more near.
(p. 137)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
At least 15 entries in the ESTC (1775, 1777, 1783, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1789)
See See also Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (London: E. and C. Dilly, 1775). <Link to ECCO>
Also The Works of Mrs. Chapone, Containing Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady: and Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. In Two Volumes. (Dublin: Printed for the United Company of Booksellers, 1775) [not consulted]. <Link to ESTC>
See also Hester Chapone, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 3rd edition (London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly ... and J. Walter, 1777). <Link to 3rd edition in Google Books>
See See also Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (London: E. and C. Dilly, 1775). <Link to ECCO>
Also The Works of Mrs. Chapone, Containing Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady: and Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. In Two Volumes. (Dublin: Printed for the United Company of Booksellers, 1775) [not consulted]. <Link to ESTC>
See also Hester Chapone, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 3rd edition (London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly ... and J. Walter, 1777). <Link to 3rd edition in Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/16/2011
