"O'er prostrate Towns and Palaces they pass, / (Now cover'd o'er with Weeds, and hid in Grass) / Breathing Revenge; whilst Anger and Disdain / Fire ev'ry Breast, and boil in ev'ry Vein."

— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
1705
Metaphor
"O'er prostrate Towns and Palaces they pass, / (Now cover'd o'er with Weeds, and hid in Grass) / Breathing Revenge; whilst Anger and Disdain / Fire ev'ry Breast, and boil in ev'ry Vein."
Metaphor in Context
O'er prostrate Towns and Palaces they pass,
(Now cover'd o'er with Weeds, and hid in Grass)
Breathing Revenge; whilst Anger and Disdain
Fire ev'ry Breast, and boil in ev'ry Vein
:
Here shatter'd Walls, like broken Rocks, from far
Rise up in hideous Views, the Guilt of War,
Whilst here the Vine o'er Hills of Ruin climbs,
Industrious to conceal great Bourbon's Crimes.
(p. 5)
Categories
Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
At least 19 entries in ESTC (1704, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713, 1714, 1725).

The Campaign: a Poem, to His Grace the Duke of Marlborough. By Mr. Addison. (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1705). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/23/2013

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.