"Endless 'twould be to name the views; / The various views, that fancy shews, / To lessen human cares and woes; / Fancy who alternate dwells, / In palaces, and moss-clad cells; / Fancy powerful o'er mankind, / Whose settled dwelling is the mind."
— Anonymous
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Work Title
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed for Richard Edward Mercier
Date
June, 1793
Metaphor
"Endless 'twould be to name the views; / The various views, that fancy shews, / To lessen human cares and woes; / Fancy who alternate dwells, / In palaces, and moss-clad cells; / Fancy powerful o'er mankind, / Whose settled dwelling is the mind."
Metaphor in Context
Fancy! to thy potent sway,
Whilst a tribute thus I pay;
Oft thy influence I feel,
Oft your powers, you reveal,—
Often in my thought aspiring,
Wild ambition strangely firing,
Now the air-built castles rise,
Towering to the fulgid skies;
Now these castles leave no trace,
In the empty azure space:
Lo! before my ravished eyes,
Now an humble cottage lies,
Whilst a distant view appears,
And with nature's beauty cheers,
Cheers the heart distress'd with care,
More than riches' envied glare;
But stop your vain career, my muse,
Endless 'twould be to name the views;
The various views, that fancy shews,
To lessen human cares and woes;
Fancy who alternate dwells,
In palaces, and moss-clad cells;
Fancy powerful o'er mankind,
Whose settled dwelling is the mind.
(p. 403)
Whilst a tribute thus I pay;
Oft thy influence I feel,
Oft your powers, you reveal,—
Often in my thought aspiring,
Wild ambition strangely firing,
Now the air-built castles rise,
Towering to the fulgid skies;
Now these castles leave no trace,
In the empty azure space:
Lo! before my ravished eyes,
Now an humble cottage lies,
Whilst a distant view appears,
And with nature's beauty cheers,
Cheers the heart distress'd with care,
More than riches' envied glare;
But stop your vain career, my muse,
Endless 'twould be to name the views;
The various views, that fancy shews,
To lessen human cares and woes;
Fancy who alternate dwells,
In palaces, and moss-clad cells;
Fancy powerful o'er mankind,
Whose settled dwelling is the mind.
(p. 403)
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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
