"Come Melancholy! silent Pow'r, / Companion of my lonely Hour, / To sober thought confin'd: / Thou sweetly-sad ideal Guest, / In all thy soothing Charms confest, / Indulge my pensive Mind."
— Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
John Rivington
Date
w. 1739, 1762
Metaphor
"Come Melancholy! silent Pow'r, / Companion of my lonely Hour, / To sober thought confin'd: / Thou sweetly-sad ideal Guest, / In all thy soothing Charms confest, / Indulge my pensive Mind."
Metaphor in Context
Come Melancholy! silent Pow'r,
Companion of my lonely Hour,
To sober thought confin'd:
Thou sweetly-sad ideal Guest,
In all thy soothing Charms confest,
Indulge my pensive Mind.
(ll. 1-6, p. 79)
Companion of my lonely Hour,
To sober thought confin'd:
Thou sweetly-sad ideal Guest,
In all thy soothing Charms confest,
Indulge my pensive Mind.
(ll. 1-6, p. 79)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1762, 1766, 1776, 1777, 1789)
See Poems on Several Occasions. (London: Printed for John Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1762). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO> <Link 2nd edition in Google Books><See also 3rd edition of 1776 in Google Books>
See Poems on Several Occasions. (London: Printed for John Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1762). <Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO> <Link 2nd edition in Google Books><See also 3rd edition of 1776 in Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/23/2011
