"The sad Idea of his murder'd Mate, / Struck from his Side by savage Fowler's Guile, / Across his Fancy comes; and then resounds / A louder Song of Sorrow through the Grove."
— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Millan
Date
1727
Metaphor
"The sad Idea of his murder'd Mate, / Struck from his Side by savage Fowler's Guile, / Across his Fancy comes; and then resounds / A louder Song of Sorrow through the Grove."
Metaphor in Context
[...]
He clings, the steep-ascending Eagle soars,
With upward Pinions, thro' the attractive Gleam;
And, giving full his Bosom to the Blaze,
Gains on the Sun; while all the feathery Race,
Smote by afflictive Noon, disorder'd droop,
Deep, in the Thicket; or, from Bower to Bower
Responsive, force an interrupted Strain.
The Wood-Dove, only, in the Centre, coos,
Mournfully hoarse; oft ceasing from his Plaint,
Short Interval of weary Woe! again,
The sad Idea of his murder'd Mate,
Struck from his Side by savage Fowler's Guile,
Across his Fancy comes; and then resounds
A louder Song of Sorrow through the Grove.
(pp. 42-3 in original)
With upward Pinions, thro' the attractive Gleam;
And, giving full his Bosom to the Blaze,
Gains on the Sun; while all the feathery Race,
Smote by afflictive Noon, disorder'd droop,
Deep, in the Thicket; or, from Bower to Bower
Responsive, force an interrupted Strain.
The Wood-Dove, only, in the Centre, coos,
Mournfully hoarse; oft ceasing from his Plaint,
Short Interval of weary Woe! again,
The sad Idea of his murder'd Mate,
Struck from his Side by savage Fowler's Guile,
Across his Fancy comes; and then resounds
A louder Song of Sorrow through the Grove.
(pp. 42-3 in original)
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Citation
At least 7 entries in ESTC (1727, 1728, 1730, 1731, 1735, 1740). [Also issued as part of The Four Seasons, and Other Poems.]
Poem first published as Summer. A Poem. By James Thomson. (London: Printed for J. Millan, 1727). Second edition in 1728.
Text revised between 1727 and 1746. Searching text from The Poetical Works (1830), checked against earlier editions. Also reading James Sambrook's edition of The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), which reproduces the 1746 edition of Thomson's poem.
Collected in The Seasons, A Hymn, A Poem to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton, and Britannia, a Poem. By Mr. Thomson (1730). <Link to ECCO>
Poem first published as Summer. A Poem. By James Thomson. (London: Printed for J. Millan, 1727). Second edition in 1728.
Text revised between 1727 and 1746. Searching text from The Poetical Works (1830), checked against earlier editions. Also reading James Sambrook's edition of The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), which reproduces the 1746 edition of Thomson's poem.
Collected in The Seasons, A Hymn, A Poem to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton, and Britannia, a Poem. By Mr. Thomson (1730). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/07/2013
