"See, see, he smiles amidst his Trance, / And shakes a visionary Lance, / His Brain is fill'd with loud Alarms, / Shouting Armies, clashing Arms, / The softer Prints of Love deface; / And Trumpets sound in ev'ry Trace."
— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Jacob Tonson
Date
1707
Metaphor
"See, see, he smiles amidst his Trance, / And shakes a visionary Lance, / His Brain is fill'd with loud Alarms, / Shouting Armies, clashing Arms, / The softer Prints of Love deface; / And Trumpets sound in ev'ry Trace."
Metaphor in Context
I Ang. See, see, he smiles amidst his Trance,
And shakes a visionary Lance,
His Brain is fill'd with loud Alarms,
Shouting Armies, clashing Arms,
The softer Prints of Love deface;
And Trumpets sound in ev'ry Trace.
(III.i, p. 28)
And shakes a visionary Lance,
His Brain is fill'd with loud Alarms,
Shouting Armies, clashing Arms,
The softer Prints of Love deface;
And Trumpets sound in ev'ry Trace.
Both. Glory Strives,
The Field is won,
Fame revives
And Love is Gone.
(III.i, p. 28)
Provenance
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Citation
At least 11 entries in ESTC (1725, 1740, 1743, 1746, 1750, 1751, 1758, 1765, 1767).
See Joseph Addison, Rosamond. An Opera. Humbly Inscrib'd to Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1707). <Link to Google Books>
See Joseph Addison, Rosamond. An Opera. Humbly Inscrib'd to Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1707). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
06/12/2013
