"Too much abounds, in this romantic age, / The horrid tale, and fear-inspiring page; / The noxious draughts from terror's poison'd bowl, / Shake the firm nerve, emasculate the soul, / The deadly bloit of prejudice impart, / And nip the fairest blossoms of the heart."
— Jones, Jenkin [Captain] (fl. 1798)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
M. Allen
Date
1798 [1797?]
Metaphor
"Too much abounds, in this romantic age, / The horrid tale, and fear-inspiring page; / The noxious draughts from terror's poison'd bowl, / Shake the firm nerve, emasculate the soul, / The deadly bloit of prejudice impart, / And nip the fairest blossoms of the heart."
Metaphor in Context
Too much abounds, in this romantic age,
The horrid tale, and fear-inspiring page;
The noxious draughts from terror's poison'd bowl,
Shake the firm nerve, emasculate the soul,
The deadly bloit of prejudice impart,
And nip the fairest blossoms of the heart.
View the fair slave of these unworthy fears;
A weakness grafted, on her infant years,
Remains, alas, thro' life a fatal curse,
The work of some old story-telling nurse.
She, when of all society bereft,
To silent midnight meditation left,
Heaves a deep sigh, exhales a piteous moan,
And trembles thus to find herself alone.
She now resolves to reason, bolder grows,
And wrestles with the fiend of her repose. [...]
(p. 18)
The horrid tale, and fear-inspiring page;
The noxious draughts from terror's poison'd bowl,
Shake the firm nerve, emasculate the soul,
The deadly bloit of prejudice impart,
And nip the fairest blossoms of the heart.
View the fair slave of these unworthy fears;
A weakness grafted, on her infant years,
Remains, alas, thro' life a fatal curse,
The work of some old story-telling nurse.
She, when of all society bereft,
To silent midnight meditation left,
Heaves a deep sigh, exhales a piteous moan,
And trembles thus to find herself alone.
She now resolves to reason, bolder grows,
And wrestles with the fiend of her repose. [...]
(p. 18)
Categories
Provenance
Reading at the Folger
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1798).
Jenkin Jones, Hobby Horses: A Poetic Allegory (London: Printed for M. Allen, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Jenkin Jones, Hobby Horses: A Poetic Allegory (London: Printed for M. Allen, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
05/16/2013
