"No shackling Rhyme chain'd the free Poets mind; / Majestick was his Style, and unconfin'd."
— Cobb, Samuel (bap. 1675, d. 1713)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for A. Roper ... and R. Basset ... and Sold by Mr. Jefferies
Date
1700
Metaphor
"No shackling Rhyme chain'd the free Poets mind; / Majestick was his Style, and unconfin'd."
Metaphor in Context
Fine was the matter of the curious Frame,
Which lodg'd his Fiery Guest, and like the same.
Nor was a less resemblance in his Sense:
His Thoughts were lofty, just his Eloquence.
When e're he spoke, from his Seraphick Tongue
Ten thousand comely Graces, ever young
With new Calliope's and Clio's sprung.
No shackling Rhyme chain'd the free Poets mind;
Majestick was his Style, and unconfin'd.
Vast was each Sentence, and each wondrous strain
Sprung forth, unlabour'd, from His fruitful Brain.
Which lodg'd his Fiery Guest, and like the same.
Nor was a less resemblance in his Sense:
His Thoughts were lofty, just his Eloquence.
When e're he spoke, from his Seraphick Tongue
Ten thousand comely Graces, ever young
With new Calliope's and Clio's sprung.
No shackling Rhyme chain'd the free Poets mind;
Majestick was his Style, and unconfin'd.
Vast was each Sentence, and each wondrous strain
Sprung forth, unlabour'd, from His fruitful Brain.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "chain" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
07/15/2011
