"Now Melancholy Thoughts possess the Mind, / With Ghosts and Goblins in the Fancy coin'd."

— Sutton, Oswin (fl. 1764)


Publisher
Printed by A. Wilde 1764
Date
1764
Metaphor
"Now Melancholy Thoughts possess the Mind, / With Ghosts and Goblins in the Fancy coin'd."
Metaphor in Context
Now Melancholy Thoughts possess the Mind,
With Ghosts and Goblins in the Fancy coin'd;

The Mitred Nothing, and the Scepter'd Shade
Rise from each Tomb, and stalk in deep Parade.
Categories
Provenance
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Citation
The Ladies' Diary or Woman's Almanack (A. Wilde, 1764). <Link to Google Books>
Theme
Fancy's Coinage
Date of Entry
04/10/2012

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.