"Then in his bosom bright ideas teem; / Each tender, each exalted theme."
— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)
Work Title
Date
1777, 1810
Metaphor
"Then in his bosom bright ideas teem; / Each tender, each exalted theme."
Metaphor in Context
Then in his bosom bright ideas teem;
Each tender, each exalted theme:
Not the gay follies of the present age,
Nor past barbarity his thoughts engage.
Not to Cornellys' dome his fancy flies,
Where the fell sorceress her dread magic plies.
Breaks friendly, breaks connubial ties;
Untainted honour turns to foul disgrace;
And changes, by her instantaneous wand,
To monstrous shapes the nobles of our land;
Impious transformer of the human race!
(ll. 409-419)
Each tender, each exalted theme:
Not the gay follies of the present age,
Nor past barbarity his thoughts engage.
Not to Cornellys' dome his fancy flies,
Where the fell sorceress her dread magic plies.
Breaks friendly, breaks connubial ties;
Untainted honour turns to foul disgrace;
And changes, by her instantaneous wand,
To monstrous shapes the nobles of our land;
Impious transformer of the human race!
(ll. 409-419)
Categories
Provenance
Reading in LION
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1777). [Note, ESTC does not provide any attribution for the work.]
Text from The Poetical Works of Percival Stockdale. 2 vols. (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and W. Clarke, By W. Pople, 1810).
See also Poetical excursions in the Isle of Wight. (London: Printed for N. Conant (successor to Mr. Whiston), in Fleet-Street, 1777). <Link to ESTC>
Text from The Poetical Works of Percival Stockdale. 2 vols. (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and W. Clarke, By W. Pople, 1810).
See also Poetical excursions in the Isle of Wight. (London: Printed for N. Conant (successor to Mr. Whiston), in Fleet-Street, 1777). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
10/26/2013
