"I'm speaking of thy mind alone; / Where keen reproaches all resort, / Where biting scandal holds her court; / From whence she throws her pois'nous dart / At ev'ry unprovoking heart."
— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)
Place of Publication
Printed for the Author
Publisher
London
Date
1762
Metaphor
"I'm speaking of thy mind alone; / Where keen reproaches all resort, / Where biting scandal holds her court; / From whence she throws her pois'nous dart / At ev'ry unprovoking heart."
Metaphor in Context
Sure thou against it should'st not bawl,
Whose song no numbers has at all;
Thy muse, a foul, mishapen elf,
Is rude, and hideous, as thyself:
Thy mortal frame's to me unknown;
I'm speaking of thy mind alone;
Where keen reproaches all resort,
Where biting scandal holds her court;
From whence she throws her pois'nous dart
At ev'ry unprovoking heart.
(p. 11)
Whose song no numbers has at all;
Thy muse, a foul, mishapen elf,
Is rude, and hideous, as thyself:
Thy mortal frame's to me unknown;
I'm speaking of thy mind alone;
Where keen reproaches all resort,
Where biting scandal holds her court;
From whence she throws her pois'nous dart
At ev'ry unprovoking heart.
(p. 11)
Categories
Provenance
Searching in ECCO-TCP; found again.
Citation
Only 1 entry in ECCO and ESTC (1762).
An Epistle to the Author of the Four Farthing Candles: By the Author of the Rosciad of C-V-Nt-G-Rd-N. (London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Gretton; and W. Nicoll, 1762. <Link to ECCO-TCP>
An Epistle to the Author of the Four Farthing Candles: By the Author of the Rosciad of C-V-Nt-G-Rd-N. (London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Gretton; and W. Nicoll, 1762. <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
11/11/2013
