"Thro' Heat of Youth, her Fancy vainly roves, / And she acts just as every Whimsy moves."
— Baker, Thomas (b. 1680-1)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Wellington and B. Bernard Lintott
Date
1701
Metaphor
"Thro' Heat of Youth, her Fancy vainly roves, / And she acts just as every Whimsy moves."
Metaphor in Context
WILSON
So! 'Tis like her Humour: too unsteady for any thing that's serious---But I need not despair---A Weathercock that's always moving, touches at every point in it's turn; and an excess of Noise and Gayity may soon surfeit her Genius, and make her loath 'em.
The brisk, gay Nymph with Pleasure gluts her Tast,
Too eager, and too hurrying to last;
Thro' Heat of Youth, her Fancy vainly roves,
And she acts just as every Whimsy moves;
'Till tir'd at length with a too Aiery Life;
Love settles her, and makes a prudent Wife.
(III.iv, p. 37)
So! 'Tis like her Humour: too unsteady for any thing that's serious---But I need not despair---A Weathercock that's always moving, touches at every point in it's turn; and an excess of Noise and Gayity may soon surfeit her Genius, and make her loath 'em.
The brisk, gay Nymph with Pleasure gluts her Tast,
Too eager, and too hurrying to last;
Thro' Heat of Youth, her Fancy vainly roves,
And she acts just as every Whimsy moves;
'Till tir'd at length with a too Aiery Life;
Love settles her, and makes a prudent Wife.
(III.iv, p. 37)
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Citation
At least 2 entries in the ESTC (1701).
Thomas Baker, The Humour of the Age. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's Servants. (London: Printed for R. Wellington and B. Bernard Lintott, 1701). <Link to ECCO>
Thomas Baker, The Humour of the Age. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's Servants. (London: Printed for R. Wellington and B. Bernard Lintott, 1701). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
06/18/2013
