"Goddess, with thy wonted force, / Swiftly bear me to the skies / Where the keen-eyed eagle flies, / And with more than mortal might, / Aid my intellectual flight."
— Anonymous
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Work Title
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed for Richard Edward Mercier
Date
June, 1793
Metaphor
"Goddess, with thy wonted force, / Swiftly bear me to the skies / Where the keen-eyed eagle flies, / And with more than mortal might, / Aid my intellectual flight."
Metaphor in Context
Wrap me in aerial wing
Whilst thy various powers I sing,
Plunge me beyond mortal sight
In the murky realms of night;
Then direct thy rapid course,
Goddess, with thy wonted force,
Swiftly bear me to the skies
Where the keen-eyed eagle flies,
And with more than mortal might,
Aid my intellectual flight.---
(p. 462)
Whilst thy various powers I sing,
Plunge me beyond mortal sight
In the murky realms of night;
Then direct thy rapid course,
Goddess, with thy wonted force,
Swiftly bear me to the skies
Where the keen-eyed eagle flies,
And with more than mortal might,
Aid my intellectual flight.---
(p. 462)
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Citation
2 entries in ESTC (1793, 1794).
See Anthologia Hibernica: or Monthly Collections of Science, Belles-lettres, and History, vol i, (Dublin: Printed for Richard Edward Mercier, 1793). <Link to Google Books>
See Anthologia Hibernica: or Monthly Collections of Science, Belles-lettres, and History, vol i, (Dublin: Printed for Richard Edward Mercier, 1793). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
10/06/2011
