"If with big meaning pregnant Fancy teem'd; / If o'er each thought, the light of Genius beam'd; / If quick Perception new ideas found, / And lent to verse new luxuries of sound [...]"
— Jones, Jenkin [Captain] (fl. 1798)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
M. Allen
Date
1798 [1797?]
Metaphor
"If with big meaning pregnant Fancy teem'd; / If o'er each thought, the light of Genius beam'd; / If quick Perception new ideas found, / And lent to verse new luxuries of sound [...]"
Metaphor in Context
If with big meaning pregnant Fancy teem'd;
If o'er each thought, the light of Genius beam'd;
If quick Perception new ideas found,
And lent to verse new luxuries of sound;
If language with new graces was array'd,
More bold, more clear, and more expressive made;
Oh if my muse such gifted stores possess'd
And all those talents labour'd in my breast,
On Cyrrha's highest eminence I'd stand,
Snatch the sonorous harp from Pindar's hand,
His sacred energy thy praise should sing,
Swell ev'ry note, and sound from ev'ry string.
But what avails the sweet resounding lyre,
Thy deeds no aid from tuneful strains require;
Thy praise is hymn'd in the remotest earth,
Thy Fame is universal as thy worth.
(pp 45-6)
If o'er each thought, the light of Genius beam'd;
If quick Perception new ideas found,
And lent to verse new luxuries of sound;
If language with new graces was array'd,
More bold, more clear, and more expressive made;
Oh if my muse such gifted stores possess'd
And all those talents labour'd in my breast,
On Cyrrha's highest eminence I'd stand,
Snatch the sonorous harp from Pindar's hand,
His sacred energy thy praise should sing,
Swell ev'ry note, and sound from ev'ry string.
But what avails the sweet resounding lyre,
Thy deeds no aid from tuneful strains require;
Thy praise is hymn'd in the remotest earth,
Thy Fame is universal as thy worth.
(pp 45-6)
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
