"Can Fancy be a surer Guide to Happiness than Reason?"
— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for H. Rhodes, R. Parker, and S. Briscoe
Date
1696
Metaphor
"Can Fancy be a surer Guide to Happiness than Reason?"
Metaphor in Context
LOVELESS.
None, none that can outweigh a Virtuous Mind, while in my Arms I thus can circle thee, I grasp more Treasure, than in a Day the posting Sun can travail o're. Oh! why have I so long been blind to the Perfections of thy Mind and Person! Not knowing thee a Wife, I found thee Charming beyond the wishes of Luxurious Love. Is it then a Name, a Word, shall rob thee of thy Worth? Can Fancy be a surer Guide to Happiness than Reason? Oh! I have wander'd like a benighted wretch, and lost my self in Lifes Unpleasing Journey.
(V.ii, p. 93)
None, none that can outweigh a Virtuous Mind, while in my Arms I thus can circle thee, I grasp more Treasure, than in a Day the posting Sun can travail o're. Oh! why have I so long been blind to the Perfections of thy Mind and Person! Not knowing thee a Wife, I found thee Charming beyond the wishes of Luxurious Love. Is it then a Name, a Word, shall rob thee of thy Worth? Can Fancy be a surer Guide to Happiness than Reason? Oh! I have wander'd like a benighted wretch, and lost my self in Lifes Unpleasing Journey.
'Twas heedless Fancy first, that made me stray,
But Reason now breaks forth, and lights me on my way.
(V.ii, p. 93)
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Citation
Loves Last Shift; or The Fool in Fashion. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal by His Majesty's Servants. Written by C. Cibber (London: Printed for H. Rhodes, R. Parker, and S. Briscoe,1696). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Date of Entry
07/08/2013
